On 10/28/2016 9:28 PM, Alan Braslau wrote:
I used to be very proficient at writing in machine code and reading punch tape output, too...
I sometimes wonder how I could write those self adapting programs in 256 bytes on those 8 bit dev boards, programs that actually did something ... (no typesetting). No punchtapes but just 0/1 related sounds piped into a cassette deck. (Interesting what solutions one comes up with in internet-less times.)
Alan
On 25 Oct 2016, at 10:19, Nicola
wrote: cat > file.tex
Mandatory xkcd at this point: https://www.xkcd.com/378/
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