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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID 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: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,4cf070091283b555 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public From: huang@mnsinc.com (Szu-Wen Huang) Subject: Re: What's the best language to learn? [was Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/08/20 Message-ID: <4vb001$hvd@news1.mnsinc.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 175187971 distribution: inet references: <01bb8ded$c55ea3a0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <3218CAD9.167EB0E7@ceco.ceco.com> followup-to: comp.edu,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer organization: Monumental Network Systems newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer Date: 1996-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: John Hobson (jhobson@ceco.ceco.com) wrote: : Tim Behrendsen wrote: [snip] : > I don't think anyone is advocating a return to assembly for : > "real world" large-project purposes, only for educational : > purposes. I'll add you to the list of people who found it : > to be of value early on. :-) : Yes, you can put me down as one of the people who is in favour of : learning assembler. You can also put me down as one who is grateful : that he does not actually have to program in it. Make sure you understand which list you're getting into :). Note that Tim's list has a key phrase "to be of value EARLY ON". Others are not as sure as he is about the value of assembly language to a beginner who is learning algorithms, which is the whole point of the thread now.