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Date:      Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:59:10 +0400
From:      "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To:        "Erich Dollansky" <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
Cc:        James Bailie <jimmy@jamesbailie.com>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why is not more FreeBSD software written in C++?
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On 4/17/06, Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > This is a myth.  I'm surprised to see it a Lisp programmer perpetuate
>
> it is a myth that assembler is not portable?

No, obviously the other thing.



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