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From: ward@chinet.UUCP (ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Any reasons for using C on a PC (is it the fastest thing around?)?
Message-ID: <874@chinet.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-Apr-87 14:08:37 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 19 14:08:37 1987
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Reply-To: ward@chinet.UUCP (Ward Christensen-)
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C is here to stay.  Early micros HAD to be programmed in assembler - there
weren't enough "cycles" to get the job done in higher level languages (with
their associated inefficiencies in MOST cases).
  As microprocessors become more powerful, the programmers' time becomes
more important - productivity reigns over program speed.
  A popular way to develop programs for the PC is to write the entire
application in C, then if it isn't running fast enough, run an execution
profiler to find where you are spending time.  Then, re-write these
routines in assembler.
  There are some very good C languages out there - Microsoft is very good,
and Borland promises to make C the language of choice of more and more
people.