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From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Documenting OO Systems
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.084815.4944@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 8 Apr 91 08:48:15 GMT
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In article <1576@acf5.NYU.EDU> sabbagh@acf5.NYU.EDU (sabbagh) writes:

>Finally, I want to point out that the invention of C++, Eiffel and a 
>number of other languages have pointed out the true value
>of C: as a replacement to assembly language!

Uh, yeah, in fact, the original purpose of C has been rediscovered
every month for the last 21 years.  Or longer, if we recall that C's
predecessors were also intended as replacements to assembly language.
--
Norman Diamond       diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.