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From: robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: OS INFO POST
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 14:43:03 EST
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Posted from  peterb@pbear.UUCP
> 	If you could, compile the number of assembler lines that C produced
> when compiling the system, then list it since UNIX is being compared to some
> monster systems, all written in assembler. Would be nice...
> 

I believe the point was to compare the number of lines from a human point
of view.  Unix is generally easier to maintain/modify because it there are
less source code lines (not to mention it's in a "high" level language).

				robert
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Robert Viduya
Georgia Institute of Technology

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