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: 2002-03-05 13:20:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gibson's vision of computer languages Date: 5 Mar 2002 15:20:27 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3C84FF8A.3060607@home.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1015363232 22984 192.135.80.34 (5 Mar 2002 21:20:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:20:32 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20825 Date: 2002-03-05T15:20:27-06:00 List-Id: In article <3C84FF8A.3060607@home.com>, "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" writes: > Larry Kilgallen wrote: > >> 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. > > > 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 !