4 Dec
2008
4 Dec
'08
3:50 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 4 Dec 2008 at 15:35, Jules Richardson wrote:
I wonder if it's a visualisation thing - when the components are separate I
can more readily think of what's going on, as opposed to a single-chip
solution. Still weird, though, I agree :-)
It's weird, that... I suspect I could rustle
up something 'traditional' around
a Z80/6502, ROM, RAM and some decoding - but my brain just doesn't cope well
with single-chip 'black boxes' such as PIC-based widgets. I really don't know
why!
That really is weird. The instruction set on a PIC dates back to
1975. The AVR is about as primitive. Maybe that's where my attitude is similar to
Tony's--I still love to
write a nice clean piece of assembly code. Yes, I can do it in C,
but there's something more satisfying working closer to the
architecture.
I definitely miss assembly - I haven't done any in far too long; and you're
right, it's a lot more satisfying than C. Not that I really mind C either,
though - I'll either use that or Java over any other language...
cheers
Jules