Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

[Richard Plinston <riplin@Azonic.co.nz>]

Kevin Lawton wrote:

> My point is that consumers (in the very widest sense) are paying for
> immensely powerfull machines which only just manage to cope with the
> application tasks put before them because of the proliferation of
> inefficient software technology.

> My complaint is aimed at the recent trend
> towards languages and techniques which are 'easier' and 'dumbed-down'
> leading to large inefficient programs. Java is a typical example of this
> trend. 

MS Office is written in C and C++ 

Looks like its back to MASM for everyone.