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Re: Compiler Recommendations



 
Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> writes: 

> I usually cringe when someone mentions Harbison and Steele going back 
> to when we wrote the Assembler for Tru64 Unix and Windows NT on the 
> Alpha. One of the team members would always critique our code using 
> Harbison and Steele as a reference. (Note that when we finished the 
> project that same individual was released although he had a prepaid 
> contract that was paid by another department -- eg he was free for 
> us - and our code worked and his didn't). 

Of course, your former coworker's code was a separate thing entirely 
from the quality of Harbison and Steele's book. 

Kind regards, 

--kevin 
-- 
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alumni.unh.edu!kdc                   -- Tom Waits 


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