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 02:26:40 +0000 (UTC) Organization: O.W.L. Lines: 68 Message-ID: References: <9gidnsvi4f8i$.x9e67d5gxbw5.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: boom.rooftop.invalid User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:332792 sci.physics:532611 In comp.os.linux.advocacy Big Fish in a Small Crotch wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 01:29:06 +0000 (UTC), owl wrote: > >> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Snit wrote: >>> On 11/12/15, 4:37 PM, in article n237nq$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.