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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
Newsgroups: net.works
Subject: Re: Not again!?  Assembler vs High-Level languages
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Date: Wed, 10-Apr-85 09:07:28 EST
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My BASIC interpreter also produces smaller "code" than does an
assembly language program.  (Of course there is a 16k run time file!)
How can any language (I don't know BLISS) produce a smaller program
than does assembler (assuming a competent assembly programmer)?  I'm
more interested in HOW than in a discussion of how many
competent programmers there are.
--henry schaffer