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Article #620674Re: Nostalgia
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 17:59
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 17:59
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Walter Bushell <pr...@panix.com> wrote: > Gareth's Downstairs Computer <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> > >> Yes, it did work and sold well. Upgrading though was such a pain that >> they recoded in assembler *WITHOUT ANY COMMENTS* because, based on their >> experience with hexadecimal machine code, assembler was "self documenting"! > > Such was also said about early Fortran. By comparison, their was something > to be said. However more complex programs were attempted for the ability > of the programmers. Zo . . . > >> Live and learn! > When I first read about "automatic programming" I thought it sounded interesting. Then I looked it up and discovered it referred to a rather primitive form of assembler. -- Pete
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