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From: terry@eecea.eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Why unix doesn't catch on
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Date: 18 Apr 89 20:59:31 GMT
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In article <9286@watcgl.waterloo.edu> smvorkoetter@watmum.waterloo.edu (Stefan M. Vorkoetter) writes:
>In article <268@tree.UUCP> stever@tree.UUCP (Steve Rudek) writes:
>>Portability is the enemy of excellence.
>
>Bull!

I agree.  I do not think that protability is the enemy of excellence.
On the other hand, writing inefficient code in a high-level language
will not produce a good spreadsheet to run on an 8088.  You might have
a shot at getting an acceptable product if you did some careful
analysis of the program and optimized appropriate sections.  You may
need to write a routine in assembly, or you may just need to change
the algorighm.  


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Terry Hull 
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