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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
- Date: 26 Mar 1996 16:48:43 GMT
- Organization: The Wollongong Group
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- In article <4j7m18$6d3@shelby.visix.com>, david@visix.com (David Charlap) writes:
-
- I can't fault anything you said, but I'd like to add a suggetion to the
- following:
-
- >Note that I didn't mention any languages. Courses like "intro to C",
- >and other "let's learn a programming language" courses can be useful,
- >but they're far from necessary. While a course may be nice to get
- >you started, a good programmer should be able to learn a language on
- >his own. (After the first 2 or 3, they're all pretty much the same.
- >With the exception of certain non-traditional languages like LISP and
- >Prolog.)
-
- While this is more or less true, there's one kind of language you should
- definitely learn, whether on your own or in a class: assembler. Pick at
- least two, from two completely different architectures (like, Intel 80x86
- and DEC VAX for example), and learn to write code in them. It will help
- immensely with your understanding of "higher level" languages. Knowing what
- the compiler is able to output, and what's *really* going on with the
- hardware when you run a program, will help you with writing code,
- understanding certain bugs and errors and generally being more comfortable
- with the computer.
-
- I'd say that knowing at least two completely different assembly languages
- well enough to be able write simple programs in them is essential if you
- want to earn a living as a programmer, even if you never use assembler
- again.
-
- -- Mike "what's a 'stack dump' anyway?" Bartman --
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