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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:04:38 -0800
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:13:35 -0500
c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:

> > * (Having started on micros of the early '90s, the idea of a
> > computing environment where assembly isn't just a systems-
> > implementation thing but a first-class applications language is
> > quite intriguing to me...)  
> 
> Used to be a kinda main/common thing.
> 
> Compilers were new and expensive. Apps were still kinda small. So,
> ASM was often The Way - and provided The Most fine control.

Indeed - and the architectures were designed to facilitate it. 'Course,
as has been discussed, that eventually led to creeping featurism and
terminal over-engineering and finally birthed RISC design, but it's
interesting to think back on the period where there really was a happy
medium...