> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sam Siegel > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 3:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ASM vs HLL (Was: CPU: ASSM vs ENTERPRISE COBOL - SOLVED!) <snip> > It is a non-sequitur to say knowing a certain programing language > makes you better at designing and implementing algorithms. Analysis > of algorithms is more of a mathematical endeavor than a language > endeavor. >
True. What I meant, sort of, was "in my experience people who know assembler also tend to be better at algorithms" I don't say it is a causal relationship, just that it seems that assembler people also tend to have stronger skills at algorithms. Personal opinion based on "gut feel". Like the perception that "geeks have poor social skills". -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
