[–] TurquoiseLover 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Even worse! Is anyone still using assembly language? You betcha! Banks!! https://www.eetimes.com/is-anyone-still-using-assembly-language-you-betcha-part-1/#
All the big banks still use Assembler (and bill gates kicked all the real programmers to the curb).
It just cracks me up he sold all his crap by lying to management and telling them they would be able to get RID of all their high priced programmers what a scream!!! The end result, they ended up doubling and tripling their staff in short time (and microsoft crap is always broken).
[–] G45Colt_II [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Ever had to do machine code? For some reason one of my college classes required we demonstrate the ability to convert our assembly code to machine code and prove it works. To make it interesting, the processors would overheat and start writing random logic, so you had a short window of time to get it programmed and working before it threatened to self destruct. Since it was connected to a motor controller as part of the project, self destruction was pretty literal and imminent, so you kept a hand on the off switch. Fortunately it was during the winter, and we could open all the windows (one of the few labs with windows), get the room down to about 50 degrees, and gain an extra few minutes of coding time. Did I mention that that we wrote the code directly to ram, and any glitch forced a reset and start over? Or that one entry mistake meant a reset and starting over? Or that it was hundreds of lines of code? Or that commands, variables, and constants were all in the same piece of memory, and getting one bit wrong turned a number into a command? The more I think about it, the more I remember, and there is more. I better stop now.
In retrospect, there's comedy gold buried in those memories. It just didn't feel like it at the time.
[–] TurquoiseLover ago (edited ago)
Yes I worked on machine code (assembler) for a few years (not full time though). That's like learning to drive with a stick shift!
[–] G45Colt_II [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I don't know about COBOL, I always assume there's compiler nuances one needs to learn.
Wholeheartedly agree on the stalling tactic. They may have a problem, but not offering to pay anyone to fix it is a sure sign they'd rather not have it get fixed.
[–] TurquoiseLover 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm too busy now, better things to do.
[–] G45Colt_II [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
But, volunteering would make you feel so good.
BTW, you don't get a tax deduction for volunteering time to the state. Actually, we all volunteer time to the state now, some more than others....