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From: rivero@kovacs.UUCP (Michael Foster Rivero)
Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs
Subject: "silly C code"
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Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 13:15:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 26 13:15:12 1984
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	Regarding the "silly C code" to repeat a shell command.

	  Yes, the shell is capable of executing the same function. But the
	shell is an interpreter, whereas the C code can be compiled. The
	difference is in the execution time, in which case the C code
	has the advantage.


					Michael (Cap'n Raster) Rivero