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From: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Source-level debugging
Message-ID: <2823@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 23 May 88 17:06:11 GMT
References: <1911@rayssdb.ray.com> <2586@polyslo.UUCP> <321@piring.cwi.nl> <2729@polyslo.UUCP> <6010@well.UUCP> <10893@apple.Apple.Com>
Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <10893@apple.Apple.Com> dan@apple.UUCP (Dan Allen) writes:
>After all, everyone should understand the native language that their
>machine speaks....

   Why?  What if you use more than one machine.  I currently have to program
on at least 4 different machines a week.  I thought that this is what high
level languages were for!  So that people don't have to know the particulars
about a specific machine!
   I suppose that I should write my own OS also, so that I *really* understand
what's going on.

   Summary:  I don't agree with the above statement.  I mean it's a nice
fantisy, but I don't think it should be a requirement.

-- 
David M. O'Rourke

Disclaimer: I don't represent the school.  All opinions are mine!