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From: mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: How are some programs SO DAMN SMALL!
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Date: 14 Feb 91 08:05:20 GMT
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In-Reply-To: J56QC@CUNYVM.BITNET's message of 11 Feb 91 18:42:09 GMT

In article <91042.134209J56QC@CUNYVM.BITNET> J56QC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
   To write small programs YOU write THEM in ASSEMBLER :)

No, _you_ write them in assembler. _I_ write them in the best language
for the job.

Example: I just spent 30 seconds turning out a "hello world" program
in a language chosen to 1) be portable, and 2) generate small
executables. The executable is 20 bytes long. How small is your best
assembler effort?

	<mike
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