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Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: RE:  Need Assembly lang. to learn C?
Keywords: programming,assembly,c
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Date: 24 May 91 16:41:35 GMT
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In article <1991May21.210859.9687@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
(John Gordon) writes:
> ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern) writes:
>
> >To all: a local instructor, who teaches C, has told several of us who are
> >interested in his course that we should take an Assembly language course
> >first. Even though his course is C in the DOS environment and a knowledge
> >of 8088/80286 would no doubt be useful, we are wondering if this is really
> >necessary. Any comments from C programmers?
>
>       Absolutely not.  It might be helpful in understanding the finer
> aspects of pointer operations, but it is definitely not necessary.  I have

Hi,
        I have been programming for over 13 years now and I have noticed
that when students are learning "C" that a able to understand more the
goals and/or ideas behind the language which allows them to better learn
the language. I would say in respond to the question of wether or not to
take an assemblr course first, WELL...
        First, it is not necessary....But It would make the task of
learning the language alot easier!
        Second, I would say YES do take an assembly language course first!
"The finer aspects of pointer operationsi..." is pretty much the foundation
of the "C" language! If you goal in learning to program in "c" is to
know how to program in "c" and do it well? then you should definitely!!!
take an assembly course!
        Finally, I do find that in my every day work that an assembly
knowledge together with computer structure and design help more than
alot! I really think that by taking an Assebly course you aren't in any
way hurting yourself but rather making yourself a more valuable programmer!
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Thanks,
Mike Thomas
"If it can sing it can be re-programmed!"