* Posts by Nbecker

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War of the workstations: How the lowest bidders shaped today's tech landscape

Nbecker

Re: Multiple languages were and are needed

One reason assembly is less needed today that was omitted, completed have gotten much better. Completed used to be stupid, just translating high level to low level by rote. Clever programmers could try to hand optimize. Now completed can optimize better than humans in most circumstances.