From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2353cc2ebdf8fc4a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-04 16:00:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Al Mole" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gibson's vision of computer languajes Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 23:59:50 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-181-135.in-addr.btopenworld.com X-Trace: knossos.btinternet.com 1015286390 11409 213.122.181.135 (4 Mar 2002 23:59:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 23:59:50 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20792 Date: 2002-03-04T23:59:50+00:00 List-Id: "Jano" <402450@cepsz.unizar.es> wrote in message news:MPG.16ee10f0509986e9896f2@news.cis.dfn.de... > 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. It's a long time since I did any but yes, I 'll go along with Steve Gibson. It's not practical for most situations but a programmer that can't do it is a programmer not worth having on your team. A friend had a job recoding Ada modules into assembler for EFA quite a few years ago. Shows the value of Ada as an HDL as well as the shortcomings of any high level language when it comes to performance.