7 Mar
1999
7 Mar
'99
10:12 a.m.
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, David C. Jenner wrote:
I think what you are saying about a PDP-8 emulator is
that it's a good
idea to have some experience with each layer. Some people may not
want to get down to the very low levels into the hardware, and not
everybody has to.
No, what I'm trying to say is that it's impossible to understand the
_meaning_ of a layer without the ability to think from a programmer's
point of view. It is possible to make a single executable file that
encompasses all of the layers involved, but the source code can be
designed such that components are easily modified. Of course, a person who
doesn't understand programming can't understand that.
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)