a style question

[Rahul Dhesi]

     Q: Given two equally-talented teams of programmers, one using C and
        one using assembler...

A seriously flawed question.

(a) Either compare "compiler" with "assembler", or compare "C" with
"assembly language".  (This is admittedly a small point, but it's a
point.)

(b) When speed and programming efficiency are both a concern, it's
silly to program only in C or only in assembly language.  One writes
in a high-level language and then optimizes inner loops with assembly
code as appropriate.  The old controversy became moot when people
realized this.
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