Randall Hyde is a boss. I was thinking about him the other day. I used to read everything of his that I could find when I was taking courses at a place that had

Randall Hyde is a boss. I was thinking about him the other day. I used to read everything of his that I could find when I was taking courses at a place that had no Randall Hyde. I couldn't find a reference to it, but he used to have an annual-ish day of destruction for insolent computing equipment. Nowadays I'm an electronics instructor at a JuCo. I don't teach any assembly. I barely mention it. It was in the curriculum, and I specifically threw it out [1]. There just isn't enough time to do everything, that everyone might want us to do. I replaced it with Python and C [2]. C lets us get to building systems much quicker. C covers more potential job opportunities than any particular architecture, and no company can ever have a monopoly on C. C is portable assembly language. Most people [3], when faced with the choice of optimize vs buy a better microcontroller, they spend the extra two bucks. Even though solving problems with assembly can be tremendously fun and fascinating, I still prefer C. (sorry Randall). [1] But I'm always interested in good arguments about the subject. [2] and LabView, I'm embarrassed to say. [3] people also includes the companies that hire our graduates.