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Bernd

Since we're telling stories, this reminds me of a time in the early 1970s when
IBM was "pushing" PL/I.

I was in a technical support centre and a salesman called me in order to ask -
presumably "pass on" - a question. He said that it was known that PL/I carried
an "overhead" but "What was the "overhead" with assembler?".

I answered with as much sympathy replacing the natural scorn as I possibly
could! But now, having read this thread, I wonder if I gave the right answer!

C.M.