sag@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agoAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eeimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAssembly used to be a required course for CS undergrads in the 90s. Is that no longer the case? Also we had to take something called Computer Architecture, which was like an EE class designing circuits with gates and shit.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWhich target did you use? Having to learn even a fraction of modern x86 would be ridiculous, but SPARC or something could be good to know, just to reduce the “magic box” effect.
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI learned MIPS as an undergrad. Pretty neat little RISC architecture.
Assembly used to be a required course for CS undergrads in the 90s. Is that no longer the case?
Also we had to take something called Computer Architecture, which was like an EE class designing circuits with gates and shit.
Which target did you use? Having to learn even a fraction of modern x86 would be ridiculous, but SPARC or something could be good to know, just to reduce the “magic box” effect.
I learned MIPS as an undergrad. Pretty neat little RISC architecture.