Short answer: Yes, it is! As a self-taught programmer with no formal CS education, learning assembly (and working my way through SICP) gave me both the confide

Short answer: Yes, it is! As a self-taught programmer with no formal CS education, learning assembly (and working my way through SICP) gave me both the confidence and a deeper understanding of computer programming. If you're looking for a book, the best one I've found is Jonathan Bartlett's Programming from the Ground Up. I can't recommend this book highly enough. You can get a free copy from here: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pgubook/ http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pgubook/