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Re: OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music

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On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 23:18:58 -0700, Takuya Saitoh wrote:

> The purest code which takes the most straight and optimal way
> to talk to the hardware.
>

It's not a question of code purity.

Assembly is the ULTIMATE language in that EVERYTHING ELSE must be
translated into assembly language before anything can happen.

Thus, programming in assembly language is like cutting out
the fucking middleman.

In the case of parallel programming, assembly is almost mandaated
because NOTHING ELSE can get it right in the best way.  NOTHING.

>
> Java and Php are pure crap programming languages and the C,
> C++ are not far behind... 
>

Almost correct.

C is good.  C++, if we stretch it, can be somewhat good.

But the rest are pure junk shit.

>
> The programmers became too dumb and lazy to write their code in assembly.
> If someone can design the silicon of modern CPUs they can also write the
> assembly code programs for it.  Or is all the silicon designed by some robots
> and not humans any more these day?
>

Programming in assembly language requires a CONSIDERABLE understanding
of digital and hardware principles, and that is something which VERY
FEW programmers can muster.  (Yes.  Very few.)

In contrast, even a six-year-old brat with Down's syndrome can
learn the rudiments of a higher order language without much
problems.  (In fact, most professional programmers possess the
intellectual equivalent of a six-year-old.)


> 
> It's like the pictures in vector graphics versus those various jpeg,gif,tif
> and the like or music in midi versus mp3,flac etc.  Just compare the sizes
> of these!
> 

These analogies don't really fit -- but hey, it's the thought
that counts.

>
> How much of the Windoze Kernel is written in Assembly compared
> to the Linux Kernel?
>

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!  Microshit probably uses byte code with
just-in-time compilation.  Junk by any other name ...

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OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 23:18 -0700
  Re: OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-08-07 10:11 +0200
  Re: OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> - 2016-08-07 08:53 +0000
    Re: OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-08-07 07:30 -0400
    Re: OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-08-07 11:49 +0000
      Re: OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> - 2016-08-07 17:54 +0000
  Re: OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-08-07 11:31 +0000
    Re: OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-08-07 06:44 -0700
      Re: Assembly is avoided whenever possible, because it isn't portable. Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-08-07 15:22 +0000
        Re: Assembly is avoided whenever possible, because it isn't portable. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-08-07 08:51 -0700
          Re: Assembly is avoided whenever possible, because it isn't portable. Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-08-07 16:48 +0000
      Re: Assembly is avoided whenever possible, because it isn't portable. Michael J. Strickland <michael06582@comcast.net> - 2016-08-09 03:21 -0400
        Re: Assembly is avoided whenever possible, because it isn't portable. Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-08-10 10:53 +0000
        Re: Assembly is avoided whenever possible, because it isn't portable. Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2016-08-10 15:58 -0400
    Re: OS written in ASSEMBLY is like MIDI encoded music DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-08-09 10:29 -0400

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