Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] It is true that is impossible write in binary code, the lowest level of programming that you can write is in hex code? Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 19:46:40 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <5459203a$0$12772$426a74cc@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1415130400 28967 67.130.15.94 (4 Nov 2014 19:46:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 19:46:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:80228 On 2014-11-04, ast wrote: > > a écrit dans le message de > news:e5c95792-f81f-42b4-9996-5545f560781d@googlegroups.com... > On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:49:36 AM UTC-8, françai s wrote: > > >>I can't think of any reason why someone would WANT >>to program in binary/hex machine code. > > It happens if you design yourself a specialized microcoded > machine, also known as a number cruncher and you dont > want to developp assembly tools to program it. It only takes a couple hours to write a half decent two-pass absolute assembler in Python. I've done it. There are also generic assember toolkits/frameworks available. Doing real work in binary is insane. I know people _think_ they're're only going to spend an hour writing "just this one" program in binary, so it's not worth spending a few hours developing tools. IME, they're always wrong. > So you have to fill a memory with 0 and 1 > > It's sometimes the work of electronic engineers, chip designers. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Did I say I was at a sardine? Or a bus??? gmail.com