Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Memory Safety (Re: Python: A Little Trick For Every Need) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:56:10 -0800 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 16 Message-ID: <20260209095610.000072a1@gmail.com> References: <10kl2sr$8rkl$3@dont-email.me> <31stmk1pd8a7q0ekv0is4bd1l5aorcgo95@4ax.com> <9hlumk1lodkjlm9a6egbo2fa79f85v6mad@4ax.com> <10lqdk2$n03u$1@dont-email.me> <10lrt1t$16vf1$1@dont-email.me> <-EOdnRUZmNTqQx_0nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10m28je$38cir$3@dont-email.me> <10m2bqs$39oes$1@dont-email.me> <10m2qvk$3g6mr$1@dont-email.me> <10m4go5$2gva$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="57abf9a716b2e559a6fd4174d86160e9"; logging-data="3149193"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18D2D/fUOuWb1uZPfIWT35/cmEaJq82xdQ=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:MwgyaG6IZhkwTJAvOcjXkqjPRMo= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81882 On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 21:44:45 -0500 c186282 wrote: > Gen X/Y/Z/A2 "programmers" - have any EVER done a thing in ASM ? Even > microcontrollers are now normally done in 'C' or MicroPython. Depends on the person - the urge to tinker will probably always drive *some* folks to get hands-on with the bare metal. The retrogaming home- brew community f'rinstance has a number of young or not-so-old folks playing around with systems where assembly language is a practical choice, if not the *only* choice. (Though I have seen at least one homebrew NES game where some eccentric whippersnapper decided it'd be easier to get a 6502 LISP running and write it in that!)