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From: rick@NRC.COM (Rick Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: High- vs. low-level languages (Was: Re: Why unix doesn't catch on)
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Date: 22 May 89 18:12:12 GMT
References: <31672@sri-unix.SRI.COM>
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In article <31672@sri-unix.SRI.COM> bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) writes:
>...  Programming the 6000 
>in assembler would be possible but somewhat disorienting for most 
>assembler programmers.
>
>						Bruce C. Wright

Yeah, but it was lots of fun; especially when you had to start taking
into account the multi-processor (two F.P. divide units, two F.P. add
units) starting with the 6600's, then the semi-vector design of the
later Cyber 170's.  I was able to beat FTN in writting a vector coded
SQRT() function in assembly, but not by much.

	- Rick Wagner

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