On 05/26/2016 09:48 AM, Fred Cisin wrote: > "According to the report, the US treasury also needed to upgrade its > systems, which it said was using "assembly language code - a computer > language initially used in the 1950s and typically tied to the hardware > for which it was developed"."
Assembly is still used on many lower-end MCUs. It still offers a big bang for the buck, particularly on minimal hardware. "typically tied to hardware"? Can anyone cite a case where it was not? Not to be confused with "machine language", which was also used--i.e. direct coding of instructions without the aid of mnemonics or symbols. Doesn't the Series/1 use magazine-fed floppies? Not exactly the same as handling the disks individually. --Chuck
