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 15:47:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!4.1.16.34!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gibson's vision of computer languages Date: 4 Mar 2002 17:47:52 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1015285678 1742 192.135.80.34 (4 Mar 2002 23:47:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 23:47:58 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20790 Date: 2002-03-04T17:47:52-06:00 List-Id: In article , Jano <402450@cepsz.unizar.es> writes: > "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.)" Obviously he is a programming wimp, depending on a crutch like assembly language. If he were a _real_ programmer he would be using machine language - raw 1's and 0's like nature intended. And of course those programs should be entered in the only real authentic method, toggling them in with switches on the front panel.