Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Once more into the niche! Message-ID: Date: 25 Jul 90 15:43:33 GMT References: <2392@l.cc.purdue.edu> <1990Jul24.030035.9169@cs.UAlberta.CA> <10185@brazos.Rice.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 8 In article <10185@brazos.Rice.edu> cliffc@libya.rice.edu (Cliff Click) writes: > There *IS* a middle ground; sometimes it's assembly, sometimes it's HLL, > sometimes a little of both. I don't think there's anyone who would disagree with that. It's just that Herman Rubin isn't satisfied with using a HLL and switching to assembly when appropriate. He wants his HLL to let him use all his assembly tricks while remaining high level. And there ain't no such animal. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U`