On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 07:47:23PM +0800, Pablo Manalastas wrote: > Do you know anyone still actively programming in assembly language > for National Semiconductor 8900, or General Instrument 1600, or Nova > 9440, or Zilog z8000, or even Apple 6502? >
Some of these microprocessors, or their descendants, have found a new life in embedded systems design however. The modern 32-bit microprocessor is huge overkill for the vast majority of embedded systems projects. The Motorola 68xx series of embedded microcontrollers is a lineal descendant of the 6502 that used to be in the old Apple II and C-64 (which is why programming the M68HC11 felt like coming home for me...). Doesn't quite invalidate the argument though. :) > Now compare this to the longevity of most high-level programming > languages. Fortran became popular in the early 1960s, and it is > still being used for engineering computations! Fortran was also the first real high-level language (not counting Zuse's Plankalkul though...) :) -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.engr.internet.org.ph/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
