Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:13:35 -0500
c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:

* (Having started on micros of the early '90s, the idea of a
computing environment where assembly isn't just a systems-
implementation thing but a first-class applications language is
quite intriguing to me...) 

 
Used to be a kinda main/common thing.
 
Compilers were new and expensive. Apps were still kinda small. So,
ASM was often The Way - and provided The Most fine control.

Indeed - and the architectures were designed to facilitate it. 'Course,
as has been discussed, that eventually led to creeping featurism and
terminal over-engineering and finally birthed RISC design, but it's
interesting to think back on the period where there really was a happy
medium...