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From: dant@tekla.tek.com (Dan Tilque;1893;92-789;LP=A;60jB)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: C ?= Assembly
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Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 22:52:12 EST
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Summary: Maybe we already have a Universal Assembly Language ...

In article <385@unc.unc.UUCP> rentsch@unc.UUCP (Tim Rentsch) writes:
>
>In this regard I should point out that C is only barely a HLL, and
>should be nominated to replace FORTRAN as the world's most popular
>assembly language.
>

In another forum (comp.lang.c) C has been declared as the language in which
it is easiest to write portable code.  Does this make it the closest
thing to the Universal Assembly Language mentioned in the original
posting.


 Dan Tilque				dant@tekla.tek.com

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