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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:21:02 -0400
From: Kurt H Maier <khm-9@intma.in>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] caveat... optimizer? the `zero and forget' thread on HN
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 04:26:52PM -0700, Bakul Shah wrote:
>
> Best way to save developer time is to program in a HLL and not
> worry about bit fiddling. C is not a HLL.
>

Two problems with this:

1) Developer time is not worth saving, because developers are cheap and
they don't use their time very well in the first place.

2) C was a high-level language during the era where developer time was
worth saving.