But what is the machine? J is a machine in a way. But it is written in C. C is in a way a machine too. It isolates one from the actual instruction set of the hardware. But then the instruction set of the hardware is yet a level above the microcode used to implement the instructions. Then the microcode gets down to the nuts and bolts of the hardware. Then there are those who design the microcode using the circuits in the hardware. All those who work at these various levels are programming.
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:04 PM, mijj <[email protected]> wrote: > i'm not really thinking in terms of the technical definition of the word > "programming" .. more what the word evokes. Ie. being in the mindset of > the machine rather than the information. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
