> To some extent, just sitting down for a year to learn modern assembler and starting from the very, very bottom once again to build a high level language, rath

> To some extent, just sitting down for a year to learn modern assembler and starting from the very, very bottom once again to build a high level language, rather than starting with C and building "C, but ..." Right so build a 'union' of what's available and somehow try to fit it in a unified model. I was hoping there was at least some theoretical PL answer of a unified model. But can't be because all manufacturers and industry sub-groups are doing their own thing. > assembler Yes that's definitely a cop out.