[fpc-pascal] Freepascal 2.0 for cygwin

Florian Klaempfl florian at freepascal.org
Mon Aug 22 18:58:27 CEST 2005


L505 wrote:

>>I know nothing about the first program, executed by the first computer,
>>if that's what you are asking, but I guess it was probably written by
>>hand in machine language.
>>
> 
> 
> That leads to the "first program that ran the first software program" actually being a hardware program. The
> transistors/capacitors/resistors must have been soldered in a certain manner in order to interpret the machine
> code.

Well, at least today a dip switch based eprom programmer is enough.

> 
> Real programmers don't program in assembly. Real programmers program in transistors, capacitors, resistors,
> and rubber gloves.
> 
> (what software runs our atoms, ions, and molecules, and what hardware runs that, if so? chicken/egg).
> 
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