Assembly or ....ok
Paul James Coene
Drool at cup.portal.com
Wed Nov 30 11:58:46 AEST 1988
In article <1961 at crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> orr at cs.glasgow.ac.uk
(Fraser Orr) writes:
>In article <729 at convex.UUCP> dodson at mozart.UUCP (Dave Dodson) writes:
>>I believe it is important to learn assembly language for some computer
>>because that is how you learn how computers _really_ work. This knowledge
>>can help you program better in any language.
>
I tend to agree wholeheartedly with Fraser on this one. Have you ever tried
to help someone who has only a base knowledge of HLLs under his belt, when
they are trying to debug a debug a C program? Concepts such as the stack,
what a core dump is, even explaining pointers is tough when the basics gained
from exposure to assembler is lacking. I certainly don't profess to be an
assembler wizard, but having some basics behind me has been invaluable.
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