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From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
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Subject: Re: Are binary groups necessary?
Message-ID: <560@l.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 08:34:27 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 29 08:34:27 1987
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Summary: Not all programs can or should be written in C


I agree that much of the time a binary program is not the way to transmit
information.  However, neither is C.  There are times when a disassembled
binary program can be easier to modify, and there are times when it is
important that a program not chew up the run time that a large number of
the programs, especially the portable ones, that I have seen, do.  Until
we get languages which allow the programmer to easily use the power of the
machine, and realize that portability may result in factors of more than 10
in run time, we may often need binaries.
-- 
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907
Phone: (317)494-6054
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