24 Nov
2007
24 Nov
'07
3:41 p.m.
I already knew that. But even you can't get away
w/o
some coding now and again. And I think s/w is a bit
True enough. I may not enjoy it (at least not compared to hardware), but
yes, I can program.
more then a "necessary nuisance". W/o it,
the hardware
is useless. Now this doesn't mean you personally have
And without the heardware, the software is essentially useless (you
don't want to had-simulate every program, now do you :-))
More seriously, that's why I said _necessary_ nuisance. I may not really
enjoy writing the programs, but I do agree they're necessary.
to love it, but you lie at an extreme in terms of
interests. Even those interested in hardware to
whatever degree feel the desire to write some botched
up assembly code. For the average orangutang (like me)
Assembly language is ratehr too high level for me. I prefer microcode
(only semi-joking ;-))
if you want to *get into* a computer, you're going
to
learn how to program it, likely at a low level. It's
asking way too much of the vast majority of people to
alter their h/w, or sometimes even fix something
I don;t dispute that at all. My point is that when you're starting out
there is no reason why you can't start from the hardware side of things
if that's what you prefer. Sure, most people don't, and sure software is
easier in that if you make a mistake you don't normally let the magic
smoke out.
-tony