Should you decide to learn assembly, definitely starting on a simpler CPU is a worthwhile approach. Back in 1996 I took a class on Assembly at Brookdale Community College, and they actually taught it on the IBM 360 (i.e. through an emulator for DOS). I remember even then thinking, "Why the hell are they teaching assembly for such a dinosaur?" The answer was pretty simple - it's a hell of alot easier to learn assembly on a relatively simple CPU than what one might consider more modern processors. Devin On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:41 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
After posting my assembly-for-newbs question, it occurred to me that perhaps I should be asking this instead: with no experience other than LOGO and then BASIC, which (period 1980s) language should I learn next? Was it normal to go from BASIC directly to assembly (is BASIC enough preparation), or were people better off getting some in-between experience with a language such as Pascal or something else?
Keep in mind that my natural aptitude is liberal arts, not math. :)
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