Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net!not-for-mail From: owl Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics Subject: Re: Some people don't want a _desktop_ PC. Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 02:51:49 +0000 (UTC) Organization: O.W.L. Lines: 80 Message-ID: References: <9gidnsvi4f8i$.x9e67d5gxbw5.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: boom.rooftop.invalid User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:332806 sci.physics:532623 In comp.os.linux.advocacy Snit wrote: > On 11/12/15, 7:26 PM, in article fah30a.a3raf@rooftop.invalid, "owl" > wrote: > >> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Big Fish in a Small Crotch >> wrote: >>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 01:29:06 +0000 (UTC), owl wrote: >>> >>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Snit wrote: >>>>> On 11/12/15, 4:37 PM, in article n237nq$lgb$1@dont-email.me, "Slimer" >>>>> <.m@nsn.s> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2015-11-12 4:32 PM, Fabian Russell wrote: >>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:20:34 -0700, Snit wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have cut my teeth on assembly language. Once that fundamental stuff >>>>>>>>> gets into your blood it never gets out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How do you think this is relevant? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It is relevant because the whole fscking world seemed to have fallen >>>>>>> madly in love with Object Oriented programming, and I happen to despise >>>>>>> OO with a raging passion. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have examined the issue deeply, and I can only conclude that OO >>>>>>> is so fscking popular because people no longer can comprehend >>>>>>> hardware. They are lost in the fogs of lofty OO abstractions and >>>>>>> cannot perceive the machine. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But for me it is quite different. I BEGAN with hardware and assembly >>>>>>> language. I BEGAN with an intimate involvement with hardware. As >>>>>>> a result I can see nothing but the machine. Oh yes, I can understand >>>>>>> all the abstractions but, for me, such abstractions quickly fade into >>>>>>> nothing against the blazing image of the machine. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When I encounter high level code of any kind, my mind cannot help >>>>>>> but to plunge immediately down into the assembly code that underlies >>>>>>> it all. Thus, as a consequence, I do not not especially favor >>>>>>> the creation of ever higher abstractions that serve only to >>>>>>> obliterate and not truly enlighten. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It is, I suppose a sickness, but it is a sickness from which no >>>>>>> escape, or cure, is possible. >>>>>> >>>>>> All anyone needs to know is that coding directly in Assembly means that >>>>>> your code will take full advantage of the machine's power. No slowdowns, >>>>>> just full speed. >>>>> >>>>> Also will not take advantage of higher level abstractions. There is room >>>>> for >>>>> both. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Why are you even participating in a discussion of programming topics? >>>> You have proved many times that you are completely clueless on that >>>> subject. >>> >>> For the same reason snit participates in literally 100 percent of the >>> threads here. >>> He craves attention and likes to disrupt things. >>> You could start a thread about nuclear fission at the molecular level and >>> he would invade it. >>> >>> Probably the only thread Michael Glasser, The Prescott Computer Guy will >>> avoid is one related to him getting a job and supporting his family. >>> >> >> Can you imagine what it's like having to live in Prescott AZ, and this >> Prescott Computer Guy is the only one you can turn to if you have >> computer problems? The guy's never there when you call because he's >> out trolling usenet 24/7. >> > > Really: you could be a decent person if you work on improving yourself and > not putting others down just to deal with your insecurity. > http://i.imgur.com/H3torBM.gifv