Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!princeton!allegra!ulysses!mhuxt!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!j.cc.purdue.edu!k.cc.purdue.edu!l.cc.purdue.edu!cik From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: HLL vs. assembler Message-ID: <486@l.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 06:45:11 EST Article-I.D.: l.486 Posted: Thu Jan 1 06:45:11 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Jan-87 21:38:05 EST Reply-To: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) Distribution: world Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department Lines: 12 It is correct that most subroutine calls do a lot, and that subroutine salling is "absolutely" faster than it was many years ago. However, it is relatively far slower. Also, much of the time I do not want all of the junk that a subroutine call produces. -- (Usual disclaimer line.) Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907 Phone: (317)494-6054 (decvax,ihnp4,uiucdcs)!pur-ee!stat-l!cik (decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax)!purdue!stat-l!cik hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu