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From: robertd@ncoast.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Assembly Language
Message-ID: <4180@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 15:52:28 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 15 15:52:28 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 13:42:15 EDT
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Reply-To: robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco)
Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh
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    Well, this is my opinion. Assembler is easy in concept but difficult in
reality. 

    I did a little programming in 8085 (Yes, 8085) and all I had to remember
were less then 255 op-codes. This may seem alot but the more you use it the
more you remember. The concept is also easy to understand if you like to
picture the innerds of your computer. The commands are simple  -  not complex
at all.

    However, logicly speaking, an assembler program is difficult to follow and
grasp. You would HAVE to "comment fiendishly" so the person can see what it is
doing. Logicly on the human mind , a statement like this:

    IF A = 8 THEN GOTO 5000

is a little easier to follow then this:

    CPI 8H
    JZ 0C00H

    BASICly speaking, assembler is easier in concept, but more difficuly to
read debug and follow.

    If readability on a program is GREATLY important, and efficientcy is not,
assembler isn't a good idea.

		[> Rd
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