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> You had to code against the metal, so to speak These days, you can actually code the metal itself (so to speak) with easily and cheaply available FPGAs! That
by girvo 10y ago
> You had to code against the metal, so to speak
These days, you can actually code the metal itself (so to speak) with easily and cheaply available FPGAs! That to me is even more exciting, certainly a lot of fun, and at least I've been doing a lot of trying and failing with it.
- sklogic 10y agoYou can do it as a hobby, yes. But if it is your job, you'll still have to navigate your way through impenetrable piles of convoluted needless layers. Not to mention the awful closed-source toolchains.