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Subject: Re: Assembly Language
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Date: Mon, 10-Aug-87 09:03:14 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 10 09:03:14 1987
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In article <451@mtuxo.UUCP> cas@mtuxo.UUCP (C.STEVENS) writes:
>Well, in my opinion (worth what it costs) a language is made complex
>and hard to follow by the number of discrete statements it requires for
>a task.  So a higher level language is easier to follow than assembler
>because it takes fewer statements. 
>
>The simplest (and least flexible) language would just have 1 statement!

I've seen many 1 line APL programs that did significant work. I have never
seen one that was understandable without a lot of study.
-- 
					Randy Buckland
					Research Triangle Institute
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