XenoSoft skrev:
>> >> You mean you teach them Intel assembler?
>> >Yes
>> >Not because it's "good", but because it's needed. (I teach at a community
>> >college, where we are teaching "useful" skills, not the abstractions of
>> >the university.)
>On 21 Aug 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote:
>> I didn't know Intel was needed. If that is the case, it must be the fault
>> of community colleges (whatever that is).
>You are familiar with how many computers there are with Intel 80x86 family
>processors, and you are familiar with the software that is being run.
>Are you saying that there ISN'T a need to imporove the quality of that
>software?
I've been both told and taught that assembly is not used anymore on the Intel
platform, at least not Intel-based computers, and that modern compilers do
the job much better anyway.
>> I just love it when people just use what they're familiar with, instead of
>> actually investigating the alternatives. That's one reason why computing is
>> so tedious today.
>If you can get a quorum for a class at this school in some other processor
>family and meet the state legal requirements, then I will personally break
>enough administrator arms to get you hired to teach it.
Quid pro quorum?
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Received on Wed Aug 22 2001 - 19:37:08 BST