Please do not attempt to simplify this code

Re:Please do not attempt to simplify this code by danieldisu on Friday December 28, 2018 @04:37AM (#18775801)

Yet you can argue that despite it's limitations they could make working (complex) software with it.

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Re:Please do not attempt to simplify this code by masklinn on Friday December 28, 2018 @05:55AM (#18776090)

That's not an argument, that's a truism. You can make working (complex) software using nothing but machine code keyed into volatile memory via front-panel switches.

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Re:Please do not attempt to simplify this code by martinlaz on Friday December 28, 2018 @11:18AM (#18777607)

can you really?

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Re:Please do not attempt to simplify this code by lmm on Friday December 28, 2018 @08:39AM (#18776608)

Isn't that a case of "shit crayons"? People can and do make great things with terrible tools, but that doesn't make those tools any less terrible.

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