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From: john@nospam.demon.co.uk (John McCabe)
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Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming?
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On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 23:24:02 -0800, "AG" <ang@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

>I agree with the rest of the [snipped] post. But, why not assembly?
>After all, it does allow a person to try and experiment with any
>programming approach physically possible on the target system.

>So, assuming assembly does allow you to address a small problem
>at hand, what's wrong with that as a learning tool?

Assuming you *are* being serious, assembly language is wrong as a
learning tool because it is device dependent and you would more than
likely end up learning more about the device itself than the general
techniques of programming. 

Best Regards
John McCabe

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