"Nobody programs in machine language" (was: ...)

From: Bert Thomas <bert_at_brothom.nl>
Date: Tue Jun 22 09:54:33 2004

Andy Holt wrote:
>
> > > How much on other kinds of processors? (RISC)
> >
> > That should be covered in another class: computer architecture.
>
> I don't see how the RISC vs CISC (vs VLIW vs ...) architectural question has
> any chance of being meaningfully put without a reasonable knowledge of the
> concepts of assembly language. Ideally teach a simple and restrictive

That does not imply that the reverse is true also. You can still learn
assembly language without knowing anything about CISC or RISC. I think I
know very skilled people who really understand assembly programming, but
have no idea what CISC or RISC means. The way I experienced it was that
RISC suddenly appeared and only by then CISC processors where called
that way.

Regards,
Bert
Received on Tue Jun 22 2004 - 09:54:33 BST