[wellylug]The top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills

Jamie Baddeley wellylug at vpc.co.nz
Wed Jul 11 19:53:02 NZST 2007


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jamie

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 19:21 +1200, Andrej wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 July 2007 19:12, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> > > If you don't know how to program in assembly
> > > language then you don't know how to program.
> > That's a bit extreme, Bruce. Many programmers have never had
> > to descend to that level during their programming careers.
> Let's mellow it down to "If you don't know what your machine
> does with high-level programming on a low level you're more
> likely to produce inefficient code" .... and as always: like
> with Java and other hyped stuff: why bother if you can 
> just throw more hardware at it ;} ... hardware is cheaper
> than programming time.
> 
> 
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Cliff
> Cheers,
> Andrej
> 
> 
> -- 
> A: because it messes up threading
> Q: why should I not reply by top-posting?
> A: No.
> Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
> 
> 




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