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It was a joy. I remember in the late 1970s, after reading two text books I figured out how to write a little program in Z80 assembler (and how to use the assem
by zabzonk 2y ago
It was a joy. I remember in the late 1970s, after reading two text books I figured out how to write a little program in Z80 assembler (and how to use the assembler), and shortly after how to read and debug the machine code the assembler produced (and a bit later how to use the very spooky linker).
Nothing has quite got to me as much since. I thought I was Master Of The Universe!
- sedatk 2y agoI had the same euphoric experience but with an opcode table published in a magazine instead of an assembler. :)
- zabzonk 2y agoIndeed. After I had learned Z80 assembler from books, I managed to teach myself M6809 programming from the (very good) Motorola spec sheet. I was Master Of The Multiverse! Then I calmed down, and learned 6502 and 8086 from books. And nowadays I can hardly remember anything about them, or C or C++ which I've actually used to make money for most of my life. I'm nearly 72 now, so perhaps this is forgivable. I'd be interested to know how many young programmers learn an assembly language these days.