> I doubt any of the kids learning to program like that ever enjoys the same feeling of truly understanding your PC and how you can use it that we had back then

> I doubt any of the kids learning to program like that ever enjoys the same feeling of truly understanding your PC and how you can use it that we had back then. I still have that feeling programming for small microcontrollers today. Stepping through some disassembled code and comparing/changing registers on the fly is just pure bliss.