I don't know that it can be said programmers have it easier or harder today, I think programming will always be the same. The same concepts, the same general idea, the same stuff involved. Just because we don't need to worry as much about talking directly to the hardware doesn't make it easier per se. Just because the internet didn't exist back then didn't make it easier either. Its like art in many ways. Being an artist in the 21st century is no more or less challenging than being one in the 16th. The tools may have changed, the techniques may be different, but they are similarly dificult. With that said, being a late 20th century early 21st century programmer, I have always thought it would be neat to work on some of the big iron of yesteryear. But alas... Aleksei On 29 December 2010 11:33, PETER ONION wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Kerry Wentworth >> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. >> Sent: Wednesday, 29 December, 2010 16:20:56 >> Subject: Re: [EE] Programmers have it easy today! was [PIC] C syntax in >>assembler >> >> Not sure what you mean. =A0I wrote my first program in 1969 when I was a >> dumb high school student, so it couldn't have been that hard. =A0 ;) > > I doubt you were dumb :-) =A0However I suspect that your first program wa= sn't > actually very complex ? (I apologise if I'm wrong). > And the tools available by the end of the 1960s were quite different to t= hose > available at the > > beginning of the decade. The pace of change in the 1960s and 1970s was re= ally > amazing ! > > PeterO > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .