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There's a big difference between 'simple to hold in your brain' and 'simple to do something useful with'. For someone just starting out programming, the second
by twstws 15y ago
There's a big difference between 'simple to hold in your brain' and 'simple to do something useful with'. For someone just starting out programming, the second is arguably much more important. The article mentions Land of Lisp presenting a simple web server in 15 pages of text. What would you be able to explain in 15 pages of text for assembly?
- RodgerTheGreat 15y agoWell, JonesForth manages to explain a self-hosting Forth compiler/interpreter (as well as the language itself) in about 30 pages of assembly, including extensive references and ASCII-art diagrams: http://git.annexia.org/?p=jonesforth.git;a=blob_plain;f=jonesforth.S;hb=66c56998125f3ac265a3a1df9821fd52cfeee8cc http://git.annexia.org/?p=jonesforth.git;a=blob_plain;f=jone... Seems like that should qualify as comparable.