Tim Kerby wrote:
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> Hi
> We have been told the PIC will be used in schools in Scotland after much
> persuading on both my part and my teachers to the Scotish Examination
> Board.  Unfortunaly, Andy Cooper of Notingham Trent University has come up
> with an English version using Icon which he has developed as a PLC
> lookalike (ladder programming) system.  This supports parallel multitasking
> and programs are created with drag and drop but no mathematical functions
> are used (except and and or) and the code does not relate to the PIC.  He
> fels that assembly should be left to university although schools manage
> happily with 16 year olds on 6502 assembly (and all the hex conversion and
> manual programming).  We would like to drop this age to 13 or 14.  Do you
> think assembly would be suitable if appropriate coursework and reference
> was provided and perhaps only learning the 15 or so core instructions.
>
> Comments would be gratefully received
>
> Tim
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Tim,
        Personaly I started programming in ASM because when I started (Many
Many Years Ago) I simply had no chioce.

        I was about 14 when I first got to grips with programming.

        4GL's, RADs, OOP, OOD Etc. are great for the quick and easy solution
but in order to REALY understand what is going on in the computer you
have to get to the core.

        In short I would say that ASM should be part of any worth while course
in programming.

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Cheers Peter ..........

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