SemiOT: Mourning for Classic Computing

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Wed Aug 15 07:12:10 2001

> On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
> >
> > And I would not consider people writing in assembly language to be at
> > the bottom rungs
>
> Right! I've always wondered why so many of the other programmers I have
> met have held assembly language in such low esteem. Depending on the
> particular make/model of processor you're dealing with, it can be
> downright elegant.

Was it for assembly language programmers that the phrase "high priests
of a low cult" was coined? or was that for mainframe guys in general?

> I've always thought that one of the more simple assembly languages would
> be a great 'first language' for someone wanting to learn how to program.
> Who's with me?

Many schools (I.U. included) had courses that used assembly language
for a hypothetical machine as the first language taught.

Regards,
-dq
Received on Wed Aug 15 2001 - 07:12:10 BST