2 Apr
2006
2 Apr
'06
11:01 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
An assembly language programmer that doesn't have
the dscipline to know his
instruction sets in detail and use that knowledge either writes horribly
bloated code or spends inordinate amounts of time because, for instance, he
doesn't realize that the 16-bit increment instructions on the 8080 don't
modify any condition codes or that the 8 bit increments don't modify the
carry bit.
The only problem with this is that most kids out of college learn this
stuff *at* their first jobs. I knew many aspects of my field very well
out of college, but it didn't "click" until I had to use them at work.
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