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

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <3C84FF8A.3060607@home.com>, "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@home.com> writes:
> Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> 
>> In article <MPG.16ee10f0509986e9896f2@news.cis.dfn.de>, 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.
> 
> 
> That's right, and using octal or hexadecimal is cheating!

Well let's hold on there.  I would be willing to give full marks
to someone who can accurately manipulate a toggle switch that
has 8 different meaningful positions along the same length path
as a normal toggle switch.  And extra credit for 16 !