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Article #620675Re: Nostalgia
From: Andrew Swallow
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:43
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:43
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On 23/02/2018 21:21, Walter Bushell 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! > > > Reading Fortran and Assembler code tells you how, it does not tell you why. Comments are needed for that. Programs may be (partially) self documenting but files are not, their fields need specifying.
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