On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 01:16:42PM +1300, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> >>programming - too close to the machine IMHO.
> >otoh, there is also the school of thought which posits that in order to
> >really fully understand what's going on inside the machine one should
> >start as close as possible to the silicon, or a mimic thereof.
> I can't imagine recommending assembly language as a first step for a
> potential programmer.
assembler is not close enough.
in highschool we played around with actual logic gates, build addidion
machines with and/or gates and the like. that gives an idea of the real
workings deep deep inside. everything else can be extrapolated from
that so you can skip random steps up to your favourite programming
language...
greetings, martin.
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