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From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Computer Architecture question -- Daye Haynie
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Date: 9 May 91 00:06:18 GMT
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In <1991May8.042432.27636@NCoast.ORG> davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright) writes:
>	I have never seen ANY commercial program actually "brag" about being
>written in AL (as you stated in an earlier message), and in fact, the only

OOPS!  And I don't mean Object Orient.....

WordPerfect Corp writes it all, or nearly all, in assembly.  However,
this is not a bad thing for portablilty, since the X86, 680X0, 88K,
and other processors are already supported, as well as multiple OS
environments.  Whatever you think of their products, they do write in
assembly, they have highlighted this in their ads, and they do support
multiple platforms.  (personally, I think it's silly)

Dan Taylor
/* My own opinions, not NCR's. */