Tim Kerby wrote:
>
> 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
>

Generally the people at the universities are so out of touch with the
real
world they should be excused and ignored.


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Friendly Regards

Tjaart van der Walt
mailto:tjaart@wasp.co.za
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