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0 pointsAnimalMuppet9mo ago0 comments

Which took better thinking, assembly or Java? We've lost our ability to think well in at least that specific area. Are we worse off, or better?

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tines9mo ago

Java and Assembly are the same in the dimension of cognitive burden. Trying to reason about this fundamentally new thing with analogies like this will not work.

AnimalMuppetOP9mo ago

> Java and Assembly are the same in the dimension of cognitive burden.

Yeah... pretty sure you've never programmed in assembly if you think that.

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