> you just need to get used to it, then you can read and write the bytes in a hexdump as easily as you can English. In fact I'd prefer working with hexdumps to

> you just need to get used to it, then you can read and write the bytes in a hexdump as easily as you can English. In fact I'd prefer working with hexdumps to XML. But unfortunately there's now a whole generation of developers who can't even count to 2 in binary and don't know what a hex editor is... Man, when I read this, all I can think is "real programmers don't eat quiche." [1] We will continue to see more abstraction in our tools. By and large, the changes we've seen so far have made us more productive as programmers. You should try quiche sometime. You might like it. http://web.mit.edu/humor/Computers/real.programmers http://web.mit.edu/humor/Computers/real.programmers