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Date:      Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:05:52 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        James Bailie <jimmy@jamesbailie.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why is not more FreeBSD software written in C++?
Message-ID:  <44430610.6010704@pacific.net.sg>
In-Reply-To: <8664l991pf.fsf@xps.des.no>
References:  <200604151313.32519.benlutz@datacomm.ch>	<4441199C.4090802@carebears.mine.nu>	<44415038.4020101@jamesbailie.com> <8664l991pf.fsf@xps.des.no>

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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




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