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Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo

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On 10/7/24 4:24 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> David Lesher wrote this post; take it under advisement:
> 
>> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> On 2024-10-06, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>     We  'old guys' did a fair amount of ASM back in
>>>>     the day - microcontrollers, even up to early CP/M
>>>>     and DOS before there were (affordable) high-level
>>>>     compilers.
>>
>>> Those of us in the mainframe world wrote a lot of
>>> assembly language too, e.g. for the IBM 360 family.
>>> Back when memory was really tight, you might not
>>> even be able to run a compiler (although RPG would
>>> run in 16K or less).  And even if you had a compiler,
>>> the resulting code might not fit into memory for
>>> anything other than trivial applications.
>>
>> When at NASA-LeRC, I needed a simple PDP-11 utility to test a
>> serial card mod I'd made. I walked around seeking a software
>> wizard to create same.
>>
>> I found Wally; tall, western shirts, cowboy boots, in the
>> hallway.  "What's the address of this here critter?" and I told
>> him.
>>
>> He took my pad of yellow quad paper, and wrote out ~25 lines of
>> octal. "Punch this in from the front panel.." and I did.
> 
> Yeeeeeeeeee haaaaawwwwwww!
> 
> Heh heh, a rented car will right through any amount of non-existent road up
> and down mountains and canyons.


   Ok ...... that's a confusing response.

   There ARE 'gurus' in the computer world, people who
   can instantly come up with code - even ASM or binary -
   to solve little problems in an instant.

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Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-05 23:51 -0400
  Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-10-06 06:05 +0000
    Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-06 06:26 +0000
      Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-10-06 18:44 +0000
      Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 23:29 +0000
        Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2024-10-06 19:59 -0400
    Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2024-10-07 14:42 +0000
      Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-10-07 16:24 -0400
        Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-11 00:56 -0400
          Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-10-11 11:01 -0400
  Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-06 15:58 -0700
    Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-11 00:53 -0400

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