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From: wrs@falcon.lanl.gov (William Somsky)
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Subject: Re: C compilers
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Date: 25 Oct 89 14:27:08 GMT
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In article <3171@umiami.miami.edu>
SLORES@umiami.miami.edu (Stanislaw L. Olejniczak) writes:

> Languages are tools, and no one (in their right mind)
> tries to unscrew a kitchen sink pipe with a screwdriver!

True, the optimal route would be to select and use the best language
for the job at hand.  However, there are the additional constraints
that you must have the language and be competent in that language.
I might very well try to unscrew the sink pipe with a screwdriver
if it would cost me a few hundred dollars to buy a pipe-wrench
and a few months to learn to use it sufficiently well.  And I
can't just give up the screwdriver, since IT might be
the best tool sometime.  [Sigh] :-(
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William R. Somsky                 Center for Nonlinear Studies ; MS-B258
wrs@falcon.lanl.gov        Los Alamos National Lab ; Los Alamos NM 87545