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

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

"Dave Poirier" <instinc@users.sf.net> wrote in message
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> In my opinion, Assembly is the best suited language for any project, but
> our society is unfortunately based on money, and to be commercially
> viable assembly must of then be traded for less human-time consuming
> alternatives.
>

Why do you think assembly language is the best suited language for any
project? Most people would contend that assembly is occasionally necessary
to accomplish things that can't be done (easily) in a high level language,
but that it is to be avoided because of its developmental inefficiency, high
probability of injecting errors and difficulty of maintenance. I'm curious
as to what reasons you'd give to go against the conventional wisdom.

High level languages of almost any stripe generally mean you get the job
done faster/better/cheaper & that's a good thing. What advantage do you get
from assembler other than the occasional need to dip into it for some
specific task not easily done otherwise - or the pure asthetic pleasure of
doing something one might find interesting? (Liking a language is one thing.
I like Ada for various asthetic reasons. Giving sound engineering reasons
for using a particular language is another. Most of us here could give such
reasons for using Ada in a given domain. What's the argument for favoring
assembler?)

MDC
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