Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix5.panix.com!wb8foz From: David Lesher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 14:42:05 -0000 (UTC) Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers - Beltway Annex Message-ID: References: <5mqdnZuGq4lgwm_7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 14:42:05 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix5.panix.com:166.84.1.5"; logging-data="10007"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:672883 comp.os.linux.misc:59197 alt.folklore.computers:227676 Charlie Gibbs 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