L505 wrote: >>I know nothing about the first program, executed by the first computer, >>if that's what you are asking, but I guess it was probably written by >>hand in machine language. >> > > > That leads to the "first program that ran the first software program" > actually being a hardware program. The > transistors/capacitors/resistors must have been soldered in a certain manner > in order to interpret the machine > code.
Well, at least today a dip switch based eprom programmer is enough. > > Real programmers don't program in assembly. Real programmers program in > transistors, capacitors, resistors, > and rubber gloves. > > (what software runs our atoms, ions, and molecules, and what hardware runs > that, if so? chicken/egg). > > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
