Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c++:2131 comp.lang.c:14394 comp.lang.forth:677 comp.lang.fortran:1544 comp.lang.misc:2211 comp.arch:7370 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!hal!nic.MR.NET!shamash!com50!bungia!orbit!pnet51!shawn From: shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.forth,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc,comp.arch Subject: Re: Assembly or .... Message-ID: <311@orbit.UUCP> Date: 28 Nov 88 21:05:35 GMT Sender: root@orbit.UUCP Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN. Lines: 11 cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes: >All of mankind does not know enough to produce a good language, or to >produce a good implementation of a language. There are more operations >appropriate to hardware than are dreamed of in all computer scientists' >philosophies. What might be more to the point is that there is no single language that is perfect for every application. The right tool for the job, they always say. UUCP: {rosevax, crash}!orbit!pnet51!shawn INET: shawn@pnet51.cts.com