Re: Intro to Programming w/ Machine Language

From: Ro (inp_out_at_sim.tim)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:16:21 GMT

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:04:07 -0500, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:
>> That doesn't imply that the lowest level is the right place to *start*.
>Here's why I think it's a great place to start:

> * Machine language is very concrete. This makes it easy to
>_understand_, even if it is hard to _use_ it to solve large problems with.
> * People who have never messed with programming often have MAJOR
>problems thinking sequentially and exactly. Assembly language breaks
>you out of that habit real fast. You can see why the computer needs
>instructions so exactly and in sequential order.
> * When you learn concepts of other languages, you can see immediately
>_why_ they are needed. This promotes curiosity, because you can see as
>you learn how everything developed, which will make you curious how
>other things develop. If you are just given Java or something "as is",
>it tends to limit your question-asking, not extend it.
> * Another issue that new programmers have is figuring out how to tie
>small operations together to do larger ones. Nothing teaches you that
>better than assembly language.

from me
* In a machine language seems clear that input and the data of a
routine is where there is the need of thinking too

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