On Friday 15 April 2005 01:29, Richard wrote:
On Thursday 14 April 2005 06:44 pm, Anders Johansson wrote:
If you meant the machine language was so nice you could use it easily without the help of these tools, well, we obviously have different definitions of fun :):) At least my brain needs the text to get an overview. A list of numbers to me is just a list of numbers.
I've read claims that Seymore Cray wrote the first OS for his supercomputer directly in machine language, and in octal code at that. I'm not sure I can force myself to believe that
Anders, once upon a time machine
Once upon a time machine ... great start to a story! 'Once upon a time machine in a land far away were Jules Verne and H.G. Wells ...'
Old age ain't for Sissies! Y'ain't kidding.
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