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Subject: Re: Portable C vs Efficient C or \"Cost of Portability\"
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Date: Mon, 27-Apr-87 14:10:40 EDT
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  I thought I would add my two cents since I have been following
this new group long enough to get into the swing of things.
  
For device drivers, most micro work, if you haven't the time
or ambition for assembler C is probably your best choice. If
you are involved in a project of significant size (upwards of
20k lines) and more than two programmers who are office mates
related and very good friends I wouldn't touch C with a ten
foot pole. For such things the type checking and abstractions
supplied by Pascal or even better are absolutely necessary.
Its the only way to go. No language can be all things to all
programmers. I bet I'll get tons of replies on this..

                                      Jerry Freedman,Jr