
21-03-2004, 08:56
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 FRC #1317 (Digital Fusion)
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Re: Why I hate c
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Originally Posted by Mercutio
I'm reminded of ENIAC, where programming consisted of moving plugs around on a board designed specifically for that purpose (it looked kinda like an old-time telephone switchboard). To us, programming consists of moving characters around in a text file designed specifically for that purpose. In both cases, there is a box full of vaccuum tubes or a wafer full of transistors sitting behind the program to interpret it. In both cases, programming makes an actual mechanical change to the machine -- with ENIAC, to the plugboard, and with us, to the patterns of charge or magnetism in the hard disk, flash memory, whatever. I don't think it's fair to call one programming and the other not.
p.s. sorry bout the double-post 
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That's why I had the "to an extent" part in. 
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