Interesting piece that's related to a plaint I make often: young programmers often (but certainly not always!) know relatively little about how computers actually work. I keep getting surprised by how possible it is for such engineers to be very creative and productive – but every once in a while, the knowledge that was so essential as I began my career is
still essential. And becoming less and less commonly available, despite the vastly larger number of programmers these days than in the days of yore when I first met hexadecimal...
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