GARY SEVIOUR wrote: > the stuff about programming in 'binary': kids might not understand > that the binary numbers are the instructions, of which an instruction > manual would have been available to relate each 8 bit binary code to > human language/ assembler. >
That's a good point. I remember wondering for ages how simple 1's and 0's could make programs. "How does it know which 1 or 0 goes where?" Eventually one night I realised it work on groups of 1's and 0's, and these were the instructions. It's certainly worth conveying this message :) > > When I was about 15 years old I bought a book on z80 machine language > for the ZX spectrum. > I remember getting a book on assembler at roughly the same age.. Left me quite confused all the talk of registers. Plus I didn't realise you needed an assembler such as TASM or MASM, which by the time I'd got hold of I was already playing with C. Soon after I found Perl and the love affair began ;-) > I'm really pleased that someone is teaching the kids how to code, this > is very valuable work. > And most importantly, teaching them Perl :-D I need to refine this a bit more, then get some of the other groups doing it. I'm sure that LPM will get on board with their usual kind words, support and enthusiasm that they are so well known for :-P Lyle _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
