21 Oct
2004
21 Oct
'04
1:54 p.m.
But then it still amazes me that I know many
programmers who don't own a
'scope or soldering iron (and wouldn't really know how to use them
anyway), but I don't know a single hardware hacker who doesn't have a C
compiler and know how to use it.
The best hardware guy I know (by a lot) barely does any software - doesn't
know (or have) C, but has been known to do a quick-and-dirty BASIC program
when he has to. He does however understand low-level software and how it
relates to hardware very well - he has an uncanny abiilty to find the lowest
cost way to implement something and still make it "reasonable" from a
software point of view.
[I'm officially a software guy, but I have 3 scopes and a couple of
soldering stations (even a desoldering station) - but I do agree: most
software guys I know are not like that]
Regards,
Dave
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