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 02:29:05 +0000 (UTC) Organization: O.W.L. Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: 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:332795 sci.physics:532615 In comp.os.linux.advocacy Snit wrote: > On 11/12/15, 6:29 PM, in article sfdhue00.rawf@rooftop.invalid, "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. >> > I am open to when you think you have a point to make. > OVERLOAD! Repeat mode on. (That didn't take long).