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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Computer Architecture question -- Daye Haynie
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Date: 9 May 91 15:45:55 GMT
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In article <949@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor) writes:
>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. */

	I also noticed that the ads for DigiPaint 3 brag that it
was written in machine language in order to achieve the
"incredible" speeds it has. I'll leave opinions of the term
incredible up to the reader.
	-- Ethan

"Brain! Brain! What is Brain?"