Hello Folks!
I am a programmer for Java and C++... These days I thought that it's time now to read a little about Assembler and already bought a book. Now I see it's just about 386er CPUs and its really LONG and COMPLICATED sourcecode for a little "Hello World"...
Could someone of you please tell me, why nowadays someone would choose to learn Assembler? I mean, I know there is a lot beyond and beneath the Windows-surface... and, how do I write an ASM programme for the MAC, its a lot different? If yes.. because of the RISC-chip I guess. And what about Gameboy and all the Nintendo-stuff? Don't tell me that they make their games with Assembler!
So, it would be really nice, if someone would tell me a little!
Thanks, Fabian
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It doese make a well rounded programmer to know assemlby code of any kind but it is a niche that you wouldn't want to specialize in.
: Assembly is a very important language to learn because of it's itimate relationship with the computer hardware. It can be hard to learn and it is true that you have to know how each system you program works. Small rpice to pay for toltal control of the computer, fast code, and small filesizes compared to most other languages. Game Boy can be programmed in assembly but also in C if you get a compiler like No Ca$h. It is also a good tool to use when righting an OS or need to optimize routines in C/C++/etc.. by using inline ASM.
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