Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is true in the same sense that Python is unnecessary
> because all programs can be written in assembler. Or machine
> code for that matter. Entered by flipping switches, even -- throw
> away that keyboard.
>
> I have actually seen this done, BTW. Even though I'm theoretically
> too young. ;-)
I've actually done this. But the real point of having switches to flip
isn't so you can enter programs - it's so you can interrupt the
kernel should you drop it into a tight loop. You poke an invalid op
code into the middle of the loop, and let it panic.
I've actually seen this done as well.
<mike
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