On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:04:04 -0600 Bryan Sant <bryan.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Nicholas Leippe <n...@leippe.com> > wrote: > > On Tue Apr 28 2009 14:29:43 Sasha Pachev wrote: > >> The issue in the post and the question about & got me thinking. > >> With the arrival of more powerful hardware which made possible the > >> existence of Java-like languages where the internals of the CPU > >> architecture are deeply hidden, we've gained something but I think > >> we've lost something as well. It is good for the programmer to be > >> close to the hardware enough to feel some of the stress that his > >> code puts on it. C++ is a good language to learn even if you never > >> program in it for a job. > > > > I totally agree with the reasoning, and feel that assembly should > > be a requirement simply for the understanding it provides. You > > think differently when programming in any language once you've > > learned assembly and consider what's happening underneath. > > I agree to both. Writing the same application in asm, C, C++, Java, > and Python would be an excellent exercise for students of the craft > IMHO. I'll agree to learning the languages. As for doing the same exercise in all five, I think not. But students, having learned those five, will appreciate the variety of tools when you tell them, "OK, your assignment for next week is to select a language in which to write a GUI front end for passwd, a web framework, and a battery charger; and explain your reasoning." > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
