Comment by Schlagbohrer

9 hours ago

Why am I totally unable to understand this post. I have been a long time computer user but this has way too much jargon for me.

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wccrawford  8 hours ago

There's a difference between using a thing and understanding how it works. There's a lot of stuff in this that reference things that only hardware and software creators are going to understand, and only if they're deep enough into their craft.

"Interrupts", for example, are an old concept that is rarely talked about anymore until you get into low-level programming. At a high level, you don't even think about them, let alone talk about them.

  • khalic  8 hours ago

    cries in rust interrupts

    • wccrawford  4 hours ago

      And you don't think those are pretty low-level?

      If they're doing the same thing as the interrupts that the article is talking about, they are low-level.

      If they aren't, then the comparison is by name only.