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From: cas@mtuxo.UUCP (C.STEVENS)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Assembly Language
Message-ID: <506@mtuxo.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Aug-87 20:42:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: mtuxo.506
Posted: Thu Aug 13 20:42:44 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Aug-87 14:27:49 EDT
References: <892@edge.UUCP> <1326@killer.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ
Lines: 19
Summary: Size?

In article <1326@killer.UUCP>, elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) writes:
# As for SIZE... I
# estimate that my 5,000 lines of carefully crafted 6502 assembly language,
# could be implemented inmuch less than 1,000 lines of "C" (at an equivalent
# commenting and readability level, of course -- no stacking the deck HERE!).

But how do the compiled/assembled object files compare in size?  I betcha the
assembly lang. file is a bit smaller, but not usually worth the trouble, in my
opinion!

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