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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Re- HLLs vs. Assembly
Message-ID: <15734@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 6 Apr 91 00:54:05 GMT
References: <9104051936.AA16687@apple.com>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <9104051936.AA16687@apple.com> Joe_Luzzi.FULLERTON_CC@QMBRIDGE.CALSTATE.EDU (Joe Luzzi) writes:
>I agree 100%!  ...
>I think Computer Science students shouldn't graduate without adequate assemlby
>coding experience.  I'm not saying to drop the emphasis of High Level
>langauges, but to add more classes requiring assembly coding.  Programmers who
>know assemlby, I believe, are better programmers overall since they are more in
>tune with how the computer works.  

That's commendable, but that's not what RHyde was saying.  He was maintaining
that applications generally SHOULD be developed in assembler.  If somebody
applied for a programming job here and indicated that he planned to use
assembler to accomplish most of his assigned tasks, I can assure you he would
not get the job.