Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 21:09:49 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: "Christopher R. Bowman" <crb@ChrisBowman.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Beginning user's OS (was: Here is a really odd question!!!) Message-ID: <19980703210949.A11364@cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <199807031824.NAA13738@quark.ChrisBowman.com>; from Christopher R. Bowman on Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 01:10:26PM -0400 References: <rx4ogv7gsne.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com> <19980703010915.6825.qmail@hotmail.com> <19980703124514.H358@freebie.lemis.com> <19980703022310.B4457@zappo> <rx4n2ar1ja4.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com> <19980703111031.39367@follo.net> <rx4ogv7gsne.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com> <19980703131053.24570@follo.net> <199807031824.NAA13738@quark.ChrisBowman.com>
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On Fri, 03 Jul 1998 at 13:10 SAT, Christopher R. Bowman wrote: > > Am I the only one who would teach people assembler as a first language, > especially young children who are so bright and learn so quickly that they > learn entire languages in a matter of a few years? Not a completely insensible suggestion. Back in the "old days" of early 80's home computers, many of us jumped very quickly from BASIC to assembly. I'm still somewhat fluent in Z80. ;-) It might not be a "programming language", in the philosophical sense of the term, but it _does_ teach you how the machine "thinks". -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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