>> > should you learn assembler? is there work in it (yes)? what would >> > assembler teach you when using a high level lang? >> Absolutely! I thoroughly enjoyed learning assembler. Though I no longer >> program in it, I still look at the assembler my compilers generate. > The only assembler code I write these days is for fun, on a Z80, > although at some point I'm gonna learn ARM assembler too, Just Because.
My last job included doing a lot of ARM assembly coding. Anything embedded has a pretty good chance of having an ARM processor in it. So, there's work in it. ARM has some neat architectural features. It optimized some instructions in neat ways. It also has a maddenly annoying "feature" from being a RISC processor that to move data around requires different instructions with different syntax/formats depending on what your source and destination is. But it also has a fairly advanced macro language, so I wrote an ARM macro that allows you to move data around from anywhere to anywhere using one command with the same syntax and same rules. http://www.telosi.com/index.php?title=Tcopy_macro_arm_keil The Keil assembler for ARM has a pretty neat macro language. _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
