Rogelio Serrano wrote:
On 5/6/07, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
this absolutist argument that c is teh bomb. asm suks is silly. it's
like
arguing bicycles and ferraris. which one you need (and which one gets
you there faster) depends on what you're doing.
exactly.
assembler is there because it is needed. if you are writing or porting
a compiler and you dont have an assembler you will end up writing one
anyway.
... OR machine-coding the 'primitives' for your own virtual-machine to obviate
the need for having to worry about it at all.
Forth directly on hardware 'then'.
Inferno and limbo on underlying whatever-OS-is-available 'now'.
That cycle of choice and alternatives continues also, and these are by no means
alone.
Nature of mankind, if not of our inventions...
Apreciating, seeking, even creating 'choice', I mean.
That's why the kids don't all look alike...
;-)
(sorry, all - about that last post being dup'ed, BTW - fat fingers)
Bill
