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From: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.forth,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Assembly or ....
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Date: 24 Nov 88 00:16:19 GMT
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>     Since this are Newsgroups that mainly programmers write I
>would like to ask them if it really worth it to spend time to
>learn assembly language.I know that when you program in 

Yes, learn assembly to learn the true nature of beast.

But don't USE it unless necessary.
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                                                   -- s m ryan
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As loners, Ramdoves are ineffective in making intelligent decisions, but in
groups or wings or squadrons or whatever term is used, they respond with an
esprit de corps, precision, and, above all, a ruthlessness...not hatefulness,
that implies a wide ranging emotional pattern, just a blind, unemotional
devotion to doing the job.....