About the signification of bare metal in Jargon File
About the signification of bare metal in Jargon File
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Last edited by trident on Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:15 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: About the signification of bare metal in Jargon File
You seem to be obsessed with this topic. I'm not sure there is anything useful to say that hasn't already been covered in previous threads.
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Re: About the signification of bare metal in Jargon File
I think you are missing the joke.trident wrote:snares and delusions
The author is poking fun at programmers who were unwilling to accept that programming in bytecode was no longer useful or relevant in most situations. The overhead of using an assembler, HLL, or operating system rapidly diminished as hardware became faster, until the increased ease of development outweighed the decreased code performance.
The Jargon File is a humorous publication. You should not take it seriously.