Patterns

• The Good

• Many packages are using gcc intrinsics
• Some newer versions of software moving away from inline asm

• The Bad

• Lots of cargo-culted asm
• Far too many embedded libraries
• especially in larger projects like browsers

• The Ugly^WComical

• Compiler workarounds from 1990s
• VAX(!) assembly in 10 packages
• Asm in place, but not actually enabled/used