Re: [Nolug] Introducing myself

On 12/07/08 08:57, Petri Laihonen wrote:
>>> As a "first" language, I have written a small program with assembly
>>> before I ever got to do anything with any other language. The biggest
>>> problem with that was a required certain level of math knowledge, which
>>> I don't have. A very simple program quickly became way too complex
>>> because of needed math.
>> ????
>>
>> Your *first* computer program was actually written in assembly?
>
> Indeed. That was sometime back in 1995, so not that long time ago.
> The same year, I did my first web pages. (naturally with notepad....)
>
> And now that I'm thinking about..... I have to take back my earlier
> statement that I have never had any computer science education. I did
> indeed take one entry level class at the Univerisity of Northern
> Colorado. I have completely forgotten that. That is where I made this
> assembly program. (I was a lot better at working with circuits than with
> the program, but I got it done with some math help from the teacher.)

Comp Sci or EE? Or maybe CompSci that was really h/w oriented...

> The reason why simple program quickly become very complex was the
> limitation of the registers being 8-bit. (or was it bytes) That needed
> some additional math for calculations needed in the program.

Ahhh. 8-bit assembly is a real bear.

>>> Can I do the same program again with assembly.... hell no.... I don't
>>> have a slightest clue anymore of where to even begin. (Excluding google)
>>> However, I know that the same "program" I made, can be done with PHP a
>>> lot faster, and a lot simpler. (+ nice web interface as a bonus.....)
>> Maybe it's because I'm an old geezer who grew up on WordStar, the
>> "green screen" and am used to tabbing around fields, but IMNSHO web
>> forms usually suck, relying *waaaay* too much on the mouse.
>>
> They don't have to. And I rarely use mouse when filling up forms on the
> web. TAB has been invented for a reason!!! (and Shift-TAB too...)
> Also with modern web design, there is a parameter called "tabindex". One
> can actually specify the order cursor travels from one field to another
> when filling up forms.

More web designers need to pay attention to that,

-- 
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA
How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled?
What different abilities do I have?
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