Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > Sometimes I think that all would be programmers should be > forced to write a "Hello World" to transmit out of a serial port > in assembler on hardware that carries no OS - just to teach > them about interrupts and time. > > I would require them to hand assemble the code too, to make > them appreciate what a compiler or an interpreter does. > > And if you fail the test, you get taken out and fed to the > sacred crocodiles. > > - Hendrik > > -- > For training with a bite, enrol now in Heavy Henry's > Wholesome Hackadamy for Precocious Programmers
Gives a whole new meaning to chomp(), byte, nybble, and more :) I wholeheartedly endorse this effort. I'm sick of reading about students from WTF University (check thedailywtf.com if you don't know, but beware. There be dragons). -- Adriano Once bitten, one arm less to code snafus with. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list