Re: [OT] Gibson's vision of computer languajes

[Dave Poirier <instinc@users.sf.net>]

Jano wrote:
> I'm pretty sure many of us know Steven Gibson. Today I've tested a 
> freeware from him. In the instructions page he made these statements:
> 
> "All of my programs are so small and so fast because I write only in the 
> one, true, computer language: Assembly Language. All other languages 
> reduce to assembly language, but they lose a lot in the translation. 
> (Judge for yourself.)"
> 
> "People who can't program in assembly language (just about everyone) get 
> really annoyed with me when I talk about how much better it is than their 
> pet language. But it's not my fault if they just say they care about 
> quality."
> 
> My blood is boiling. I want only to share to cool me a little down.

Well, I'm an assembly freak, and I must say that I pretty much agree 
with him <g>.  While assembly does create software that are small and 
fast, and can be made as reliable as any other programming language 
(using proper development techniques), portability can be applied at 
best by rewriting the entire thing using a generic algorithm.

Assembly is my language of choice when portability is not involved, but 
when you need to make it run on more than once Cpu, it's a no brainer.

EKS - Dave Poirier