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Jgames · 02 July 2010, 16:06

I think that programming now is much better, and one must absolutly avoid assembler, it's a waste of time and creativity;
The importance is not the language, it's the end result, and from a programming point of view, it's the design/data structures and algorithms going into a program.
All great researchers works with high level languages, and then publish papers that change the computer world; (ex: BSP trees and CSG (Constructive solid geometry))

If someone is seduced/impressed by assembler, a way better way to do something meaningfull is to design one's self cpu and computer, this way, one can learn about logic gates, flip flops, transistors, registers, multiplexers,etc...that is digital electronics.

And as bonus, you get to design your own assembler, and understand it all inside out.

This is what i try to do nowdays, it's not an easy thing to grasp. (at least for me)
Here is someone who built his own computer out of TTL chips.
http://www.homebrewcpu.com/
This is the shit!

There are others who went on something like this.

02 July 2010, 16:06	#24
Jgames Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK Posts: 457	I think that programming now is much better, and one must absolutly avoid assembler, it's a waste of time and creativity; The importance is not the language, it's the end result, and from a programming point of view, it's the design/data structures and algorithms going into a program. All great researchers works with high level languages, and then publish papers that change the computer world; (ex: BSP trees and CSG (Constructive solid geometry)) If someone is seduced/impressed by assembler, a way better way to do something meaningfull is to design one's self cpu and computer, this way, one can learn about logic gates, flip flops, transistors, registers, multiplexers,etc...that is digital electronics. And as bonus, you get to design your own assembler, and understand it all inside out. This is what i try to do nowdays, it's not an easy thing to grasp. (at least for me) Here is someone who built his own computer out of TTL chips. http://www.homebrewcpu.com/ This is the shit! There are others who went on something like this.