Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 14:16:51 -0500 From: "Harold Pulcher - Killer Computing" <pulcher@killercomputing.com> To: "Brennan W Stehling" <brennan@offwhite.net> Cc: "shannon stees" <shadyshay@hotmail.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: researching FreeBSD Message-ID: <01b201bfb921$f7695d00$02b5e9c7@killercomputing.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005081350070.77608-100000@home.offwhite.net>
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Brennan, I think you missed the point. But that ok. :) Harold ----- Original Message ----- From: Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net> To: Harold Pulcher - Killer Computing <pulcher@killercomputing.com> Cc: shannon stees <shadyshay@hotmail.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:53 PM Subject: Re: researching FreeBSD > I do not see anyone writing a drive in COBOL, although I was tempted to > create a CGI script with it once, but that thought passed quickly. > > I would say ASM is useful in much the same way compiled C code is used in > several perl modules. If you want to get very efficient, you use the > language which can do it more efficiently. > > Perl does not run as quickly as C and C does not run as fast as ASM. I do > not know where COBOL would fit in. > > Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin > projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com > > Microsoft: Will you get a macro virus today? > > On Mon, 8 May 2000, Harold Pulcher - Killer Computing wrote: > > > What I am wondering is: What does it matter? > > > > I mean I understand the need to know if you are developing stuff, but did > > you ask the same questions of Window's OS's, Solaris, etc... > > > > If you are just using the system, why would you care. > > > > A programming language is in no way a guage of how the OS will perform. If > > the OS does what you need it todo, then it could have been programmed in > > ALGOL, PL1, COBOL, ASM, Pascal, FORTRAN, Lisp, and (I forget the rest of the > > languages I have run into in the past. Rest assured it is a long list). > > > > Just wondering what would make a person pose such a question, > > Harold > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: shannon stees <shadyshay@hotmail.com> > > To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 11:45 AM > > Subject: researching FreeBSD > > > > > > > Forgive me for being uninformed, but I'm researching FreeBSD and I have a > > > question that I have not found a specific answer for through searching the > > > net. If you could be of assistance, I would greatly appreciate it. > > > > > > What is the language in which FreeBSD is written? > > > > > > my email is: shadyshay@hotmail.com > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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