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Cc: James Bailie <jimmy@jamesbailie.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Why is not more FreeBSD software written in C++?
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Hi,

Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> James Bailie <jimmy@jamesbailie.com> writes:
>> Efficiency is of prime importance in systems programming.  The
>> only language in which one can write more efficient programs than
>> in C, is assembler, but it's not portable.
>=20
> This is a myth.  I'm surprised to see it a Lisp programmer perpetuate

it is a myth that assembler is not portable?

Erich