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Article #1340Re: Fortran (or anything else) is efficient?
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 1990 11:35
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 1990 11:35
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In article <6000009@hpcupt1.HP.COM> jamiller@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Jim Miller) writes: > However, some of us are forced to live in the world and our products will > be used by people who, when faced with a program that takes 100 minutes to > do a function that a competitors does in 10 minutes, will pick the 10 minute > model Ah, if this was only the case in the PC world. Then Microsoft Windows wouldn't be in the process of overtaking the Macintosh in the marketplace. Really, I used to buy this argument, but after watching the absolute disasters that have actually sold, while really efficient systems (like the Amiga) languish in the shadows... well, I think Murphy writes the rules here. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.ferranti.com>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!snorkelwacker!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Fortran (or anything else) is efficient? Message-ID: <8BP4B49@ggpc2.ferranti.com> Date: 16 Jul 90 11:35:22 GMT References: <2306@l.cc.purdue.edu> <6000009@hpcupt1.HP.COM> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11