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0 pointsAnimalMuppet1y 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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tines1y ago· 1 in thread

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.

AnimalMuppetOP1y 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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