Martin Klingensmith wrote:

> Did you learn assembly before C, as we tell everyone who starts with the
> 8 bit MCUs? 

Since you're talking about /switching/... IMO the rule of "learn asm first"
applies mainly to the first MCU you're learning to understand. Once you
have understood one, for me it's more efficient to use a compiler (assuming
that you want to program in a higher level language than asm -- if not, the
question is obviously moot :) and learn the necessary asm by looking at the
compiler output. There is not really a big advantage in learning to
fluently write the target assembler if you don't want to program in it.
That time is probably better spent finding out how exactly the peripherials
diverge from the datasheet :) -- which can be done in any suitable
language.

Gerhard

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