>
>> Of course, you can always say that you can use the foreign function
>> interface, but then you lose inlining and speed.
>
> The same is true of C/C++. You can get much better performance from  
> assembler
> but calling assembler from C or C++ not only costs inlining and  
> speed but
> even functionality because you have an ABI to conform to.

gcc can and does inline user functions written in assembly, as long as  
they
are wrapped in a C function. It's pretty nice in that respect, actually.

Cheers, Kuba