Re: Why do we still assemble?

hrubin@b.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Sun, 17 Apr 1994 19:10:49 GMT

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From: hrubin@b.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Keywords: assembler, design
Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department
References: 94-04-075 94-04-096
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 19:10:49 GMT

Let me give a quick answer. We still assemble because there are things
which cannot be done easily if we do not get down to the machine
instructions. and which the HLLs make difficult for some reason or other.
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