It's interesting to ponder how fast some of today's applications might run if developers still had the skills, tools, and inclination to write efficient code. Ever-increasing processor power and clock speeds have allowed many programmers to write ever more convoluted and bloated code. It's really refreshing to work with teams of developers doing signal processing and telecommunications software, where processes need to operate in real time and latency is evil.
My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder Intel Parsippany, NJ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:21 AM To: Jim Light; [email protected] Subject: RE: Funny Au contraire ... The IF THEN ELSE and DO WHILE structures did exist at that timeframe in a language called COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language). As an undergrad at MIT and an MBA student at Cornell, writing applications in COBOL and System/360 Assembler language more than paid for my tuition and my photography habit. Ironically, I don't know anything that can be done in any of today's "modern" programming languages that couldn't be done in either Assembler or COBOL or some combination of same a hell of a lot more efficiently! Most of today's software done with such "modern" programming languages is relatively buggy, slow, and bloated compared to what we did back then. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
