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The “inscrutable layers unapproachable to beginners” of today are the bare metal low level computing of tomorrow. Sure I learned with DOS and Turbo Pascal and
by Swizec 2y ago
The “inscrutable layers unapproachable to beginners” of today are the bare metal low level computing of tomorrow.
Sure I learned with DOS and Turbo Pascal and it was wonderful, but if you ask my teachers who learned with machine code and microcontrollers, they worried that computers have become too abstract and kids these days have little chance to learn the true details.
- EternalFury 2y agoIf it's done right, by documenting a mature interface and its inputs/outputs, no one needs to know what atoms make up the slice of bread that gets buttered.
- doug_durham 2y agoIsn't that exactly what the author is complaining about? There is too much complexity to understand all of the layers no matter how well documented.