Comment by aleph_minus_one

> What amazes me more is the comment section—full of people waxing nostalgic for architectures they clearly never had to ship stable software on.

Isn't it much more plausible that the people who love to play with exotic (or also retro), complicated architectures (with in this case high performance opportunities) are different people than those who love to "set up or work in an assembly line for shipping stable software"?

> I really believe I need to spend 2-weeks requiring students write code on an Amiga, and the programs have to run at the same time. If anyone of them crashes, they all will fail my course. A new found appreciation may flourish.

I rather believe that among those who love this kind of programming a hate for the incompetent fellow student will happen (including wishes that these become weed out by brutal exams).