Re: turn off for learning assembler

From: Randall Hyde (randyhyde_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:13:02 GMT

"patrick porter" <patrick@ironinthefire.org> wrote in message
news:0DJGc.324$6t1.304@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> I've decided to get down and learn how to program in assembly language.
> so, in preparation for this undertaking, I began doing some looking around
> on the Internet for references, etc. One of the logical places to begin
> was looking through this newsgroup.
> I was pretty excited to see that some people who are well known for
> teaching, and writing about assembler were actually posting.
> wow! what a bunch of arrogant, immature, unprofessional people (Betov
> takes the cake, though). Thats unfortunate, because you all are clearly
> incredibly intelligent and have lots to offer.
> Instead of firing my desire to learn, it was dampened. I'm sure you'll
> chalk this up to my being an idiot, or whatever salve you need for your
> egos, but know this... I would never use any of your documentation,
> learning systems and/or assemblers.
> If you want to put yourself in a position of some sort of responsibility
> by creating tools for those who wish to learn (and guess what? thats what
> happens when you put yourself out there, like it or not), act like the
> adults you are... not waging a pathetic religious war. Isn't one of the
> more important things for the assembly programming community to be
> concerned about encouraging people to learn and be interested in it?

Pat -

Try the following:

1. comp.lang.asm.x86
2. http://www.masmforum.com
3. http://board.win32asmcommunity.net/

You'll quickly discover that when Rene isn't around,
things are quite civil.
Cheers,
Randy Hyde

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