Re: Where software meets hardware..

2007-06-21 Thread Oliver Fromme
Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: Let's say I have a very simple washing machine program. Now it has a timer which the duration of the spinning can be set. If I press the 3-minute button, wires beneath will get shorted. Electric current will flow into pin number 5 of the parallel cable

Re: Where software meets hardware..

2007-06-21 Thread Thierry Thomas
Le Jeu 21 jui 07 à 14:33:56 +0200, Oliver Fromme [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrivait : I have a cousin who's taking up a programming course. He doesn't have background with programming nor an in depth understanding of how the computer works. I tried explaining him that it all started with

Re: Where software meets hardware..

2007-06-21 Thread Oliver Fromme
Thierry Thomas wrote: Oliver Fromme wrote: I have a cousin who's taking up a programming course. He doesn't have background with programming nor an in depth understanding of how the computer works. I tried explaining him that it all started with abacus, and that people wanted