On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:50 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I thought that you were trying to learn Apple 2 assembly because you wanted to modify logo to create new commands for your Lego/Logo robot.
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. :)
I don't think there's any normal pattern or progression regarding this. After years, you can go from any high level programming to bare metal coding and the reverse too. I say it's mostly just a matter of having enough enthusiasm to take up the challenge Then having some intuition to to decipher the obvious when solving coding issues And practice -- cause syntax problems suck ass. Certain compilers are just too dumb to tell you the obvious - but then you should already :) Yours is just one example, lots of people started with BASIC in school, then went on to others. I think it's different these past generations, I hear some places start with Java in high school Dan