There is the story that von Neumann flew off the handle the first time he saw an assembler.
That was in the 1940s when labour was very cheap and compute was insanely expensive. We’re talking hundreds to thousands of programmers’ salaries for the cost of one computer.
There is the story that von Neumann flew off the handle the first time he saw an assembler.
>>How dare you waste compute cycles on this frivolity? Just use machine code like everyone else.