> I hate to say this (as i might incite another flame -
> actually more of a smoulder in a NG this size)
Its a nice sunny Friday so I don't mind at all, but I normally try to
resist getting too off-topic on the main DUG list.
> But what grads are probably missing out on are a complete
> understanding of the hardware basics of computing - everyone should
write some
> assembler
Eeek - I remember doing Vax assembler at varsity and I can't say I got a
lot out of it. Even on the embedded 68K machines we build here, the
assembler is pretty much gone and even the C is is danger of being
thrown out & replaced with Java running on a embedded VM.
Understanding the underlying mechanism of the machine can lead to more
efficient code but might get in the way of thinking of higher level
objects - ie Accounts, Door frames, Smartcards or whatever else you are
programming.
Mind you, my pet hate is seeing new programmers who have never used a
command line before - many of them just don't understand the truth &
beauty of a good Unix shell <g>
> My grad project was the design of a pcode machine for pascal - great
> experience
Nice - just goes to show that Java VM's are not a new idea...
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