[Info-vax] OS implementation languages

[bill]

On 9/7/2023 9:18 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 9/7/2023 8:38 AM, 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.
>>
> 
> My moment of enlightenment was the day I was told I wasn't a "real 
> programmer" since I didn't know or use PHP.  Guy didn't even know what 
> assembly language was.  It's actually a bit scary.
> 

I'm a real programmer.  I know PHP and that's why I don't use it.

bill