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Date: Sun,  6 May 2007 18:47:03 -0700
From: Roman Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] speaking of kenc
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On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 00:08 -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
> clearly, an assembly is more difficult to wield than c.  but you don't
> use them for the same thing.
> 
> this absolutist argument that c is teh bomb. asm suks is silly.  it's like
> arguing bicycles and ferraris.  which one you need (and which one gets
> you there faster) depends on what you're doing.

  I think I would like to run with this analogy for a little while
longer. I happen to like it. You see, what I'm asking for is far
from passing a final judgment. What I'm asking for is a special 
kind of bike that I can store in my Ferrari somehow and use it
on those special occasions when I'm really stuck someplace. I happen
to like the analogy because as much as Ferrari is not the type of
car that would land itself easily to any kind of roof rails 
or roof racks C language is the same way.

Thanks,
Roman.