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Subject: Re: Re: From VMS to UNIX - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 9-Nov-83 00:26:19 EST
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uokvax!andree    Oct 30 18:47:00 1983

I don't know enough (if anything) about BLISS to comment on Al's points
about BLISS vs. C. I do have one question, though:

	Doesn't BLISS allow (force?) you to refer to registers by name?

If so, what happens to code when you move it from machine to machine? Will
it still compile as is? Since C doesn't let you refer to registers by name,
the compiler can (and will) ignore register declarations when it doesn't have
the registers. Of course, C more than makes up for this in other portability
areas. How does BLISS do in those?

	<mike