From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach) Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/08/11 Message-ID: <4uk67k$ii2@solutions.solon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 173498575 references: <01bb846c$e51df220$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4ug4eh$qn8@zeus.orl.mmc.com> <01bb86f5$f7f8ae40$32ee6fce@timhome2> organization: Usenet Fact Police (Undercover) reply-to: seebs@solon.com newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <01bb86f5$f7f8ae40$32ee6fce@timhome2>, Tim Behrendsen wrote: >Well, technically you're right but there is a one-to-one >correspondance between assembly mnemonics and machine language, >so there is no practical difference between the two, as far >as understanding the machine. Are you quite sure? I'd assume that assemblers would let you enter constants in at least the three commonly used bases, and I would be completely unsurprised if there were occasionally two ways of spelling a given operation, perhaps allowing for a distinction which no longer exists. -s -- Peter Seebach - seebs@solon.com - Copyright 1996 - http://www.solon.com/~seebs Unix/C Wizard - send mail for help, or send money for consulting! The *other* C FAQ, the hacker FAQ, et al. See web page above. Unsolicited email (junk mail and ads) is unwelcome, and will be billed for.