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From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: HLL vs. assembler
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Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 06:45:11 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  1 06:45:11 1987
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Reply-To: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
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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.  
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Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907
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