More like a hand plane, or perhaps a chainsaw. Sure they're tools that work on wood but you can do lots of woodwork without ever needing one. Once upon a time i diddled Grey codes and similar and the elegance of bit banging is lovely and foundational... but someone who makes ships in bottles need never know how to cut down a tree. To mash a metaphor.
More like a hand plane, or perhaps a chainsaw. Sure they're tools that work on wood but you can do lots of woodwork without ever needing one. Once upon a time i diddled Grey codes and similar and the elegance of bit banging is lovely and foundational... but someone who makes ships in bottles need never know how to cut down a tree. To mash a metaphor.