From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:06:23 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <81104d4b49947f2227634fafac8126ae@ladd.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <20140813143257.Horde.3LLma-cwGtLbVZx2adxq0A8@ssl.eumx.net> References: <20140813143257.Horde.3LLma-cwGtLbVZx2adxq0A8@ssl.eumx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] The developers of Plan9 think there was no point in coding in binary code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0f8acf1e-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > > I say this because about three years ago the Riga Technical Universit= y > > and University of Latvia continued teaching coding in binary code, ie= , > > machine language. that's great! very vew people understand how any machine really works. it might not be something one can readily apply to another system, but it will give you insights that can be reused in a lot of situation. > > The Riga Technical University and University of Latvia made =E2=80=8B= =E2=80=8Bbased > > projects in Plan9 using coding in binary code? > > > > The developers of Plan9 think there was no point in coding in binary > > code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical Universit= y > > and University of Latvia? >=20 > Apparently. i think this is a false choice. guessing here, i would imagine that ther= e was no advantage to using machine language seen with respect to the labs' goa= ls. this doesn't pass judgement on programming in machine language. personally, i find it tedious with the machines i've had access to, but more experienced programmers than i remember a day when it was straightforward to code in octal. seymore cray programmed this way. - erik