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pnathan on July 17, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Build your own operating system

Writing even a small kernel is like obtaining an assembly enlightenment. The 'magic' leaves the computer and goes into your head.

vog on July 17, 2011 | [–]

It's a similar moment as with writing your first compiler (or interpreter). Or, equivalently, watching the SICP video lectures.

DanielHimmelein on July 17, 2011 | | [–]

That's damn right :-)

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