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Date:      Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:53:00 +0200
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        James Bailie <jimmy@jamesbailie.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why is not more FreeBSD software written in C++?
Message-ID:  <8664l991pf.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <44415038.4020101@jamesbailie.com> (James Bailie's message of "Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:57:44 -0400")
References:  <200604151313.32519.benlutz@datacomm.ch> <4441199C.4090802@carebears.mine.nu> <44415038.4020101@jamesbailie.com>

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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.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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