Eric Smith wrote:
>
> Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > The fun with the Apple ][ was making it do things the other computers
> > could do, (although not nearly as adequately, but still), without all the
> > adjunct hardware :)
>
> Time for one of my favorite quotes:
>
> And in those days many a clever programmer derived an immense
> intellectual satisfaction from the cunning tricks by means of which
> he contrived to squeeze the impossible into the constraints of his
> equipment.
> -- Edsger W. Dijkstra, "The Humble Programmer",
> 1972 ACM Turing Award Lecture
>
> He was writing about the very early days of computer programming, when
> every computer was unique. In these days of bloatware, there are very
> few programmers that still practice the art of achieving the maximum
> results from the minimum system (hardware and software). But those of
> us that do so *still* derive "an immense intellectual satisfaction". :-)
>
> Eric
Hey there are still those of use who have managed to write an asm prog
for a PIC based Cheese box in less than 50 bytes!
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Received on Fri Nov 17 2000 - 07:10:05 GMT