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Old July 18th 20, 04:58 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
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Default Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems'

In article , Andy Burns
wrote:


I know that *I* would have a much poorer understanding of how computers
work if I hadn't cut my teeth with assembler (and BASIC) on 8 bit micros.


that doesn't give you a good understanding about modern processors,
which are far more complex than those 8-bit micros.