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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software-only network protocol standards
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Date: 16 Jul 89 19:41:55 GMT
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In article <1719.AA1719@geo-works> bryan@geo-works.UUCP (Bryan Ford) writes:
>DNET is written completely in C, and doesn't have enough OSI layering built
>into the code to make it easy to convert part to assembly language.  When
>you're running at over 200KBPS, something in C just can't cut it.

Oh, yea? What do you think is the language in which UNIX device drivers (serial
or network, take your pick), TCP/IP, sockets, etc ... have been written in?
Hint: the name of the language is one-letter long :-) And I can tell you that 
that code supports data transfers > 200KBPS.  Don't blame the language. You got
the wrong culprit.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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