>> To this day, the magic they were able to do with those 'dinky'
>> microprocessors blows my mind (remember Choplifter?). You don't
>> see the same kind of wizardry nowadays.  PDAs have far far more
>> power than an 8-bit 6502 + 64KB RAM + 280x192 display (Apple ][),
>> but I don't see the same kind of creativity and innovation that
>> was present in the 'good old days' of 8-bit computing.

> I have reason to believe that it's because programmers nowadays rely too
> heavily on the IDE instead of thinking out the code *before* firing up their
> compilers or assemblers.

Touch�... =)


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