C ?= Assembly

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From: Dan Tilque;1893;92-789;LP=A;60jB
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1986 03:52

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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

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From: dant@tekla.tek.com (Dan Tilque;1893;92-789;LP=A;60jB)
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Subject: C ?= Assembly
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Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 22:52:12 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 11 22:52:12 1986
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Summary: Maybe we already have a Universal Assembly Language ...

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