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Assembly language is actually simple stuff. You just need to read the datasheet. No difficult type systems to deal with. In the old days programming assembly language was nasty because one mistake could mean your computer had to be rebooted and you lost your work. Not anymore.
If all you want is a basic understanding of how things work, that level is ok. If you want to play/program, it is a completely different story.
I'd even go so far to say: Why do assembly if your goal is not to be better than the compiler, at least in some respect? Beating the compiler, now tell me that it's simple stuff.
Assembly language is actually simple stuff. You just need to read the datasheet. No difficult type systems to deal with. In the old days programming assembly language was nasty because one mistake could mean your computer had to be rebooted and you lost your work. Not anymore.
This is like saying chess is simple stuff because you can learn how the pieces move in five minutes. If all you want is a basic understanding of how things work, that level is ok. If you want to play/program, it is a completely different story. I'd even go so far to say: Why do assembly if your goal is not to be better than the compiler, at least in some respect? Beating the compiler, now tell me that it's simple stu…
It was so fun working with Hack Clubbers on this project! Hack Club is a group of teenagers from all over the world, and we decided to learn assembly together from scratch and see what happened. We ended up making this guide as we learned, since a lot of the resources we were working with weren't the easiest to parse. Happy to answer any questions :)
Something about being _in the code_ while stepping through lines one by one with explanations is just so much easier to follow. I wish more learning resources took this approach.
It was so fun working with Hack Clubbers on this project! Hack Club is a group of teenagers from all over the world, and we decided to learn assembly together from scratch and see what happened. We ended up making this guide as we learned, since a lot of the resources we were working with weren't the easiest to parse. Happy to answer any questions :)
It was so fun working with Hack Clubbers on this project! Hack Club is a group of teenagers from all over the world, and we decided to learn assembly together from scratch and see what happened. We ended up making this guide as we learned, since a lot of the resources we were working with weren't the easiest to parse. Happy to answer any questions :)
I only skimmed but it's looking good so far! Would you like feedback or suggestions? And if so, using git issues or other? Thanks!
Assembly language is actually simple stuff. You just need to read the datasheet. No difficult type systems to deal with. In the old days programming assembly language was nasty because one mistake could mean your computer had to be rebooted and you lost your work. Not anymore.