On 01/24/2012 02:52 PM, Justin Dearing wrote:
I was going to make an argument that assembly might not be needed at the
associates level, but writing this has made me question that myself.
However, I think its more important to be able to read assembly than write
assembly, so maybe it should be taught that way. One or two lessons where
you write some stuff to appreciate the syntax, and the rest would be
"compile this code, step through the assembly" Seeing different calling
conventions in action will probably teach students a lot, and honestly I'd
probably audit a course taught that way.
Justin
Randall Hyde of "The Art of Assembly" book fame posits that programmers
who learn the machines and how things work, through Assembly
programming, are more able to write performant code.
I don't know enough to confirm or deny that theory, but it stuck with me.
Leam
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