How fast is script lang. vs. C?

[Jesse W. Asher]

Does anyone know the comparative figures on running a shell script
versus running a C program the accomplishes the same thing?  Someone
suggested that it was on the order of 50 to 1, but I have my doubts
that it is _that_ bad.  Anyone got any ideas?  Thanks in advance.


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