24 Jan
2007
24 Jan
'07
5:34 p.m.
In many ways, as I watched Lisa Office System and
MacWorks boot up (via
trace logs), I saw many glimpses into the software design ideals and
practices of the early 80's. I've never been an archaeologist, and
don't really know that experience, I can guess at the rush and thrill of
discovery. Seeing the machine code of various Lisa OS's fly by has been
that experience for me. I could almost understand what the coders that
wrote them were thinking, how they designed things, and why. I could
easily tell what code was hand written assembly by an expert, or novice,
what assembly was generated by compilers.
PLEASE write document the details while this is all fresh in
your mind.