Subnostr

Ancient programmers wrote their device drivers in assembly, meanwhile you enjoy slick UI and bloated operating systems, and whine about C++ pointers… YOU ARE GAY.

Jeff 2y ago

I started in tech in 2001 and the payment terminals were written in assembly. The guy who wrote it could make changes directly on the device - no recompilation required.

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Finrod Felagund 2y ago

Ahh this sounds like the stuff of legends.

Jeff 2y ago

It was pretty impressive - long since replaced with c++ and now kotlin (android)

Finrod Felagund 2y ago

I used assembly for MCU programming, like PIC and Atmel, for hobby-level robotics stuff. It was very god-mode. I’m in the registers. I’m in the memory. I tell the program where to go and it obeys. Data types ? Never heard of them, all I see is 1s and 0s.

Alas, now I code in Python for work, and it’s all high level.

Jeff 2y ago

It’s as close to the motherboard as you’re likely to get. Python’s not the worst - I’m barely doing any development these days (maybe 100 lines a month tweaking old code). Stuck in management. Far less rewarding!😅

Finrod Felagund 2y ago

I hope it’s far better paid at least.