> being able to write a hello world and a program that prints prime numbers (or some graphical demo) is a valuable knowledge in computing. You are so wrong. It

> being able to write a hello world and a program that prints prime numbers (or some graphical demo) is a valuable knowledge in computing. You are so wrong. It is not valueable at all. If you are able to do this, then you're just capable of signaling that you have been exposed to assembly and familiar with the very basics of it. But how is it any useful? If you could find some intricate bug, or optimize a program in a considerable way based on insight you gained from reading it's assembly code that would have been very valueable indeed.