Re: A89: Which is better?
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Re: A89: Which is better?
i cant ever imagine finding assembly easier then C... (in most respects) C
seems alot like basic to me. and its especially easy after learning
cgi/perl. they seem almost the same...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cassady Roop" <croop@oregontrail.net>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: A89: Which is better?
>
> m68K assembly might as well be heiroglyphics to me, but I do know Z80
> assembly. And they told me I needed to learn C first and that it was oh
> so much easier and all that, but when I tried learning them both, I
> figured out the assembly long before I managed to figure out the C.
> Some people actually find the assembly much easier.
>
> Cassady Roop
>
> Brady Simon wrote:
> >
> > Hehe.
> > Have fun learning assembly if you are a newbie to programming. It will
take
> > some time. C is fairly easy but there isn't any really good
documentation on
> > it. I started making a game in assembly and it took me a long time to do
> > anything, then when I heard about C I jumped right on it. But what I
have
> > come to find out is that there are something's I wish I could convert
back
> > to doing in assembly. Well anyways if you program in C your programs may
> > very well end up bigger and slower than if you programmed in assembly
(it
> > all depends). But if you program in assembly it will take you a lot
longer.
> > Or you can just etch it right on to the board like our friend Robin
here.
> > Brady
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > [mailto:owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Robin Kirkman
> > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 8:03 PM
> > To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > Subject: Re: A89: Which is better?
> >
> > Real Programmers (the kind who don't eat.. they drink Mt Dew) don't
program
> > in
> > high level languages.
> > Real Programmers use binary code.
> > If they feel like being prissy.
> > If you want any respect on this list, you must buy yourself a chunk of
> > silicon
> > and hand-etch your code onto it, then solder it into your calculator.
> > That's the sort of thing a Real Programmer would do.
> > --robin
> >
> > Matthew Moore wrote:
> > >
> > > Alrighty guys, I've got a question for all of you. Yes, I know this
is
> > the
> > > Assembly 89 list, but I figure this would be the best place to ask.
I've
> > > heard of people programming for the 89 in any of 4 different
languages: A)
> > > BASIC, B)hex, C) Assembly Language, and D) C. I'm fairly new to
> > programming
> > > outside of BASIC, so which is the best between hex, assembly, and C?
Pros
> > > and cons between them? I'm interested in learning non-BASIC stuff for
the
> > > 89, and obviously I want to make things easier on myself by learning
the
> > > best one. Help me out here. Thanks.
>
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