<I suppose it depends on the assembly language. I can write PDP-11 assemble <in C (knowing nearly exactly how the code generator works), but I can't <write VAX assembler in C since there are VAX instructions that don't <represent well. SPARC code is also easy to write C code with as there are <few instructions. An interesting contardiction as VAX is a extreme superset of PDP-11. <The place where this really comes home is in one of my other hobbies where <I write embedded robotics code in C for microprocessors like the 68HC11. C is ok, but I've felt strongly for years it was better for tasks that wanted you to be closer to the hardware. I like the control structures of C. Pascal has been a favorite for years when I really don't want to know the hardware. I prefer the data structures of Pascal. Allison