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Re: Assembly Language (was RE: Even the CEO of Monster lies on hi s resume)
Subject:Re: Assembly Language (was RE: Even the CEO of Monster lies on hi s resume) From:Kevin McLauchlan <kevinmcl -at- magma -dot- ca> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:38:23 -0500
On Monday 20 January 2003 18:24, quills -at- airmail -dot- net wrote:
> .At 5:46 PM -0500 1/20/03, John Posada wrote:
> >You realize that telling the "brand new
> > developer" that you coded in Assembler would
> > have as much impact as telling a new
> > technical writer that you wrote in Middle
> > English.
.
> >> This still gives you the right to say "I
> >> was programming in assembly language
> >> while you were still in short pants,
> >> buddy!" to an uppity, wet-behind-the-ears,
> >> too lofty to document his own code
> >> developer prodigy some day.
> Can't everyone write in Middle English?
Can't everyone program PDP-8s and Intel 4004s in
assembly language? And, Oh God, the RUSH! when
we got to work with those blistering new Z80s...
But damn you, Brad Jensen for trumping us all with
tales of coding in the 1950s... ;-)
/kevin
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