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To: QTI on SI who wrote (21632)	10/27/2025 2:22:34 PM
From: weathersystems	1 Recommendation Recommended By QTI on SI Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21738

Re:[ It reminds me of the early days stories of how programmers and kids like Bill Gates had to reserve time on a mainframe to run their code.] Yes. In my career, I experienced the move from the use of mainframe computers to workstations and personal computers and now, interestingly, we’re circling back toward centralized computing again, just with quantum or cloud infrastructure this time. Re: [Quil reminds me a bit of assembly language though. ] Regarding Quil, after briefly reading through the spec, I agree with you. It definitely has that lower-level, assembly-like feel. Back in the day, I wrote in assembly for the PDP-11, LSI-11, VAX-11/780, 8080, Z80, F8, 6502, 65816, 6800, 68000, 8086, and probably a few other processors I've forgotten. ;-)