On Jan 26, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Ajai Khattri wrote: > On 1/26/12 11:03 AM, Rukbat wrote: >> As someone who started by writing machine code (not assembly, bits - and in >> octal, which was the big thing back when we wrote code on stone with wooden >> chisels), I can say that's very true. > > As someone who also cut his teeth writing code on 6502 and 68000 processors, > I personally believe all programmers should have some experience writing > machine code. Not for machismo or bragging rights, but simply because it > gives you a different perspective on languages and runtimes in general. You > understand a lot more how languages operate at a lower level and that makes > you a better programmer when using high level languages.
Oh, you had it easy. I cut my teeth on pre-6502 processors, namely a home built variety (dual logic analyzers), where we programmed with dip switches and saved our programs to paper punch tape. Later we hard-wired our first assembly language. Of course, most of us came from the "programming with rocks" community where an absence of a rock (i.e., a zero) was a new concept. Before that all our big programs resembled pyramids. It's always nice to realize the value of 001. Cheers, tedd _____________________ t...@sperling.com http://sperling.com _______________________________________________ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation
