What are programming lost arts?

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Published on 2010-01-12T03:39:48Z Indexed on 2010/05/15 19:24 UTC
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Have you ever programmed raw machine code (not for class)? Examined a hex dump with just a hex editor (or, heck, without)? Written your own software floating-point library? Division library? Written a non-school-assignment in Lisp or Forth?

What sort of "lost arts" have been forgotten? And what reason (if any) would there be to resurrect them?

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