"Nobody programs in machine language" (was: Modern Electronics (was

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Mon Jun 21 20:47:15 2004

> Regardless of whether you actually USE it in the project,
> if you do not have an understanding of machine language,
> then you can not write a good "driver", or anything else
> that directly addresses hardware.

I ask then - how much code today is being written in machine language? One
percent? A tenth of a percent? C may be a pain in the neck, but it is used
in all sorts of places* where machine language was king.

In any case, if we are talking about less than a percent, I think that
would be a "specialty".

*yes, I know about code that has to be very efficient.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Mon Jun 21 2004 - 20:47:15 BST