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Thanks for pointing out! I was also assuming it was an article from 1982 at first. I was already wondering about terms like "bare metal" and "automated tools" i
by derFunk 11y ago
Thanks for pointing out! I was also assuming it was an article from 1982 at first. I was already wondering about terms like "bare metal" and "automated tools" in the first paragraph. Not sure if they'd have been used in '82.
Would be interesting to analyze further possible differences in the language if the article would have been written in 1982.
- Vivtek 11y agoThe term "bare metal" goes way back and wouldn't have been out of place in 1982 (IBM was Big Iron, after all). I don't think "automated tools" was in use, certainly not in everyday use, although I think we would have understood it. Maybe. That's a pretty fascinating question, really.
- purpled_haze 11y agoWas around at the time and "bare metal" was not a commonly used term.
- ddingus 11y agoMe neither. It was called machine language, or assembly language. References to the hardware were common in pretty much all language contexts. Since very little didn't involve the hardware directly, "bare metal" didn't even have the context yet. Perhaps it would in some academic circles, but not for the general population of microcomputer users.
- Vivtek 11y agoWell, so was I, of course, but since I failed to take careful dated terminological field notes, I can't really say much more than feeling that I would have understood it at the time. But frankly I don't know. It just doesn't seem as freighted with modernity as the concept of "automation" in this context. Seems kind of like maybe something Gibson would have used, but yeah, that's probably later than 1982. Now my interest is really starting to get piqued.