[Info-vax] OS implementation languages

[Chris Townley]

On 07/09/2023 13:38, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-09-06, Chris Townley <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> But plenty of youngsters play with Raspberry Pis - they don't even come
>> with a box!
>>
> 
> Yes, but what are they doing with them ?
> 
> Quite a bit of the time it appears to be doing clever things with
> user-mode applications that already exist.
> 
> At one end, I can write bare-metal startup code and hence understand
> how computers work when you have no software layers between you and the
> hardware.
> 
> At the other end, I can write business and webserver applications.
> 
> I can also do the full range of intermediate stuff including writing
> device drivers, and system-level programming in general.
> 
> Like Scott, I get the feeling that understanding the system-level
> stuff isn't as common any more (sadly).
> 
> Simon.
> 

They are doing what the BBC computer did ago - getting youngsters 
interested in computing in general, and at a hardware level. Also 
writing and understanding code.

Something that has been missing for a while and better than so called IT 
classes just teaching basic use of MS products

-- 
Chris