Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c++:2140 comp.lang.c:14412 comp.lang.forth:686 comp.lang.fortran:1553 comp.lang.misc:2225 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Drool From: Drool@cup.portal.com (Paul James Coene) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.forth,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Assembly or ....ok Message-ID: <11915@cup.portal.com> Date: 30 Nov 88 01:58:46 GMT References: <1388@aucs.UUCP> <729@convex.UUCP> <1961@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> <1432@zen.co.uk> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 17 In article <1961@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> orr@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Fraser Orr) writes: >In article <729@convex.UUCP> dodson@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. ---- Has anyone seen my staff? - Drool Rockworm ---