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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: optimization (was Re: C vs. FOR
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Date: 21 Aug 89 13:33:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Aug 21 08:33:00 1989



>Flint, have you ever used a punchcard-based batch environment with a
>turnaround measured in hours?  I have.  
Hours? I had to put up with days - plus floor sorts! (A floor sort ,
for those who don't know, is O(1), not O(n*log(n)) ).

>I'll take timesharing, thank you.

And you can have it. I'll take a standalone machine!!!

>And I'll take the fastest compiles I can get.
I'll agree to that.

Doug McDonald