14 Aug
2001
14 Aug
'01
5:31 p.m.
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
I have the highest respect for assembler programmers. It's hard to do
well. It's just that I don't like the people who call themselves
programmers, but only know enough to patch something so they don't have to
spend their precious $35 on an activation code.
And I would not consider people writing in assembly language to be at
the bottom rungs
Right! I've always wondered why so many of the other programmers I have
met have held assembly language in such low esteem. Depending on the
particular make/model of processor you're dealing with, it can be
downright elegant. I've always thought that one of the more simple
assembly languages would
be a great 'first language' for someone wanting to learn how to program.
Who's with me?
I think S/360-S/370 assembler would work quite well. It starts out
exceedingly simple, then moves to variable length opcodes, variable word
length, four-level indirection, etc. Doesn't require it to do useful
stuff though. But I am a bit biased towards mainframes.
Peace... Sridhar
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Jeffrey S. Sharp
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