I''d recommend taking every program language class that you can, with the possible exception of VB (you say they force you eh?). Not because I think VB is useless - but because it''s so easy . If they "teach" you how to put together a gui with it, they aren''t teaching you a damn thing - may as well take an Excel class to learn how to program. Hopefully it''ll be much more complex than that (I''m not sure how...), and they just use VB for the easy GUI.

Magmai Kai Holmlor
- The disgruntled & disillusioned

I tend to agree with jonnyfish and Jx, you should learn assembler (er, sorry assembly , actually in swedish we use the word assembler for both, so I could always claim that my english is bad), to better understand how the computer works. Hopefully they''ll teach you more than just the instructions and the existing registers.... It''s not often the case, though, nowadays, that you will need to get down on your knees and elbows and code some nifty assembly-routine, but it may happen (depending on your job of course). But the thing is that you''ll get a better grasp on how the computer works!

Heya,
the VB asspect has sort of been forced on us

Don''t tell me my computers slow, all computers run at the same speed... with the power off.

Um I know that this disscussion is mainly about metamorphics question about learning assembly, but in response to the comment "If they "teach" you how to put together a gui with it" you do need to be tought how to put to gether a GUI. HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and usiblity engineering are two areas that will have a massive impact upon the success of a Product, in both corporate and entertainment software.

I just have to ask:

In my first year at college I learned Pascal;
in my second year I learned c;
in my third year I learned Java and now I''m learning APPTIVITY!

The horror....


My question: does anybody else have to learn this??? I never even heard of it until I started the third year, and I think it totally sucks!!!

I''m rather interested now in learning assembly. So anyone suggest some good books? I can only afford one or two.

Timothy "TriWolf" Russell

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I''m rather interested now in learning assembly. So anyone suggest some good books? I can only afford one or two.

Timothy "TriWolf" Russell

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if you go on gnucleus (http://gnucleus.sourceforge.net) or some other gnutella client, type in a search for "ebook-txt" and there''s a file for intro to assembly

"The Art Of Assembly" is THE one you must read. Search for it
on the net and you will find it for download. It''s free.

"Simple is beautiful"

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This is why I call them Visual Basic users and not Visual Basic programmers .

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Talk about classic jonnyfish

I''d go for assembly.

I''d just like to say that in my first year at uni, they taught us Haskell (a functional language) which is fine from an academic standpoint, but it has absolutely nothing of worth in a practical sense