Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!mordor!sri-spam!sri-unix!hplabs!tektronix!teklds!zeus!tekla!dant From: dant@tekla.tek.com (Dan Tilque;1893;92-789;LP=A;60jB) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: C ?= Assembly Message-ID: <981@zeus.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 22:52:12 EST Article-I.D.: zeus.981 Posted: Thu Dec 11 22:52:12 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 04:28:16 EST References: <385@unc.unc.UUCP> Sender: rogers@zeus.UUCP Reply-To: dant@tekla.tek.com (Dan Tilque) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 18 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 "OK, citizens. Time for another update on the 1988 presidential-election campaign, now entering its sixth year and starting to really heat up." --Dave Barry