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

From	David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo
Date	2024-10-07 14:42 +0000
Organization	NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers - Beltway Annex
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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.

-- 
A host is a host from coast to coast...............wb8foz@panix.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close..........................
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

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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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