On 1/17/2017 9:30 AM, murphnj via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Perhaps start on a Vic-20 or C-64. I did some assembly on those back in my youth. I think an combination of the "learn on something simple" and "pick something to do and let the education on language be a task to reach the goal" are excellent advice.
I'd add that using a CPU that has lots of community support is important. Mentoring and help are much easier. I'm going to suggest the Arduino platform. It's 'C', which is a good language to know, and there are lots of communities and products to serve the space. Assembly is grand, and I tip my hate to those on-list who dream in opcodes, but the pace is slow when you are learning, and it can be discouraging, especially if your background is not CS. Jim