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   asm & tamsyn & forth, oh my! (millihertz@oldbytes.space)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-2023 20:58:40 JST asm & tamsyn & forth, oh my!

   what would the world have looked like if instead of insisting on coding in the lowest level language they could find, "for efficiency", the standard practice had been to code in the highest level language suitable for the system being developed and assuming technology would catch up?

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-2023 20:58:38 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @millihertz Who is "they" in this case?

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 01:45:27 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @millihertz It's just my experience is that the practice of choosing the lowest level language as possible "for efficiency" is pretty rare, so I'm curious what motivated your speculation.

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     asm & tamsyn & forth, oh my! (millihertz@oldbytes.space)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 01:45:28 JST asm & tamsyn & forth, oh my!

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail anyone who did that

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 01:54:28 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @millihertz All good. I'd seen that on your profile and thought we might head this way. Also, I take things super literally and seriously, so...here we are. ?

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     asm & tamsyn & forth, oh my! (millihertz@oldbytes.space)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 01:54:29 JST asm & tamsyn & forth, oh my!

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail um... don't make me tap the sign