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Subject: Re: Can a Programming Language Cause Engines to be Slow?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 09:19:03 11/13/02

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On November 13, 2002 at 12:16:35, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 13, 2002 at 12:13:59, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>But is it not true that C, for example, used on a Linux machine is somewhat
>>different from C used on a Windows machine?  The choice of operating system
>>surely must impact the guts of the language used. Maybe the language, such as >C, is better suited for use with one OS than another.  True?
>
>No.
>
>As a matter of fact, C was originally *the* programming language used
>for Unix (which Linux is a breed of).
>
>The operating system is a totally seperate entity from the compiler.

Hmmm.  The plot thickens.  : )

>
>--
>GCP



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