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From: longshot@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Without Reason)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Need Assembly lang. to  learn C?
Message-ID: <1991May24.122828.15081@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 24 May 91 12:28:28 GMT
References: <1991May22.094917.28322@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <4407@inews.intel.com>
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In article <4407@inews.intel.com> bhoughto@pima.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>In article <1991May22.094917.28322@rodan.acs.syr.edu> ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern) writes:
>>least a working knowledge of Assembly will help produce a better understanding
>>of the C language and tighter C code.
>
>I've had it.
>
>Please, please, please, once you've learned assembler and
>the inner workings of a computer, please, please, please,
>forget all of it and don't even try to mimic it in your
>C code.
>
[Stuff about assembly now knowing what the machine is doing deleted]

	I've taken a class where we started out in assembly and then moved
  into C.  I would have to say that it helped a lot.  Knowing Assembly did
  not seem to have a great affect, but it did help in understanding what
  your code did compared to what you expected it to do.  There is often a big 
  difference.

	In my opinion, Assembly will not help you learn C, but can help you
  understand what your programs do.  Plus, it can help a lot in debugging...

--longshot
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