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First there was only Assembly, C and Pascal dialects were dog slow, and the OS vendors forced them to go C.
Then there was only C, C++ was dog slow, and the OS vendors forced them to go C++.
Then there was only C++, language X was dog slow, and the OS vendors force them to go language X.
The question is what language X stands for.
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First there was only Assembly, C and Pascal dialects were dog slow, and the OS vendors forced them to go C.
Then there was only C, C++ was dog slow, and the OS vendors forced them to go C++.
Then there was only C++, language X was dog slow, and the OS vendors force them to go language X.
The question is what language X stands for.