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From: jfh@killer.UUCP (The Beach Bum)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Assembly Language
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Date: Sun, 23-Aug-87 02:07:55 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 23 02:07:55 1987
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Summary: assembly is for the birds


that just about says it.  i like assembly for very time critical things,
but i don't want to write applications in assembler.  the best thing
you can do with assembler is write a good compiler, and then promptly
rewrite that in your high level language.

as for the cost, the book `The Mythical Man Month - Essays in Software
Engineering' is an excellent place to start if you actually believe in
saving money by writing assembler.

- john.
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