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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>
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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.

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