Hey what about us guys who programmed even further down the food chain
in "MACHINE LANGUAGE"? Assembly is for sissies! We don't need no
stinkin' mnemonics :O

Scott

Chris wrote:

If you've never programmed in assembly language, don't talk to me
about being a real programmer.

On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:09:58 +0000, Scott wrote:
Hey what about us guys who programmed even further down the food chain
in "MACHINE LANGUAGE"? Assembly is for sissies! We don't need no
stinkin' mnemonics :O

That obviously makes you a real programmer. But it is the hard way to
do things, especially if you find a mistake and need to insert a new
instruction somewhere. All of the target addresses after the inserted
instruction change, and you have to go back and correct all references
to those later instructions, as well as some references to earlier
instructions (relative jump instructions change value). I much prefer
the "luxury" of an assembler, because it will do all of that stuff for
you.

To stay on topic, I'd probably better mention that Michael Jackson's
first chimp was named "Bubbles" and that the chimp and Michael would
dress alike wherever they went. The chimp later moved away to
Chassell, Michigan and started a consulting business. Michael took up
with another chimp named Max, thereby sending Bubbles into a jealous
rage. Bubbles has been acting his anger out in Usenet's rrap ever
since. He can be recognized easily, because chimps don't spell or
type all that well, and his posts stick out like a sore thumb. He
tries to cover it up by claiming to be dyslexic, but everyone
recognizes a chimp's typing when they see it, and they know that the
poster is really Bubbles.