Re: Larkins website sucks[was Re: Bill Sux]

keith wrote:

> On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:37:10 +0000, Ken Smith wrote:
>
> > In article <4316FF2B.D33879D4@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Kevin G. Rhoads <kgrhoads@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>Still, I believe Excel is not the suitable software here.
> >>
> >>Of course not, real men use FORTRAN.
> >
> > FORTRAN is for wimps. Real men code in ASM.
>
> That's my choice (with VHDL for hardware markup and simulation), but we're
> in a minority. If you're not a 'C' bigot, try finding a HR-bot that won't
> filter the resume. I don't understand the demand for HLLs when all that's
> needed is bit-banging (what engineers typically do).

The reason is very simple.

It's called software maintenace.

Graham

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Larkins website sucks[was Re: Bill Sux]
    ... FORTRAN is for wimps. ... Real men code in ASM. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: void pointer
    ...     return 0; ... An implementation that offers fortran and asm as keywords ... fortran int big_math_calculation ...
    (comp.lang.c)
  • Re: Randall is just talking out his arse again...
    ... >>>If you want to write an average of 1 line of ASM for every 2 lines you could ... >>>write in FORTRAN, if you want to write 1.2 functions in ASM for every 2 ... and libraries do not reflect the processor hardware but the operating ... >realize, say like Randall for example, "Assembler is generally no longer ...
    (alt.lang.asm)
  • Re: Randall is just talking out his arse again...
    ... >>If you want to write an average of 1 line of ASM for every 2 lines you could ... >>write in FORTRAN, if you want to write 1.2 functions in ASM for every 2 ... The ASM language could use some libraries, ... standardization of libraries, fails to work with abstractions, lacks support for ...
    (alt.lang.asm)
  • Re: C and Tk
    ... would you describe the use of the 'asm' ... "Some implementations also reserve the words fortran and asm." ... C89, in the Rationale, section 3.1.1 Keywords, notes, ... and asm as keywords are noted as common extensions. ...
    (comp.lang.c)