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   On 2023-12-29 18:15, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
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   > To people like me who migrated from assembler to C, it was heaven.   
      
   And the intention of the language. To be portable assembler.   
   Now, I wonder why people - 50 years after that - still want to use it.   
   It's like riding a bicycle on the back wheel only. Possible, but there   
   are simpler ways to ride a bike   
      
      
   --   
   /Björn   
      
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