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Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada
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"Preben Randhol wrote:
> OK, so why don't they still make large complex systems in pure assembly
> then? It is not because it takes a lot longer than any other high level
> language? That it is much harder to maintain?

Because the doctrine says that it should be faster with a more high level
language. And you have a half decent chance to move your software to a
different architecture.

Assembly language programmers know they are living dangerous. C programmers
think the program is safe. That is why it is not particularly difficult to
develop lage assembly language programs compared to C.


greetings,