Re: Born again

Dragontamer wrote:


Do you use anti-lock brakes?

What I'm implying here, is that there is a task that the Computer
is _better_ than humans are. Specifically in this case, anti-lock
breaks.
When we push the break pedal, the computer in the car is quite
literally telling me "Maybe I don't want to push the breaks". And
when it is slick on the road, it is probably a good thing.

Here; the best driver is one who understands the anti-lock breaks
(the HLL) and uses them.

--Dragontamer

What you are talking about is too low level. Anti-lock breaks in a car,
is like having a validity checker in a program : you can do that in
ASM.

HLL are much more than simply "some protection". It's a whole
*interpretation* of what you write, and in fact that's what I dislike,
why do you need an interpreter when you can learn and speak the CPU
language ? Interpreters always miss the real meaning of what you want
to say ;)

Cheers,
K

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