Thread: Where do I start? Learning computer language

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

avoid assembly unless you want to go into really hardcore hacking, device drivers, os creation or intense game engines. while assembly is easy to learn it takes a lot more code than any other language.
for example
this C code

Code:

aFunction((a*b/c),c*c);

would look like this in assembly

Code:

mul $c, $c
push $c
mul $a, $b
mov $a, %eax
idiv %eax, $c
push %eax
call aFunction

Assembly is one of the best languages you can learn. Even if you dont program in it, you learn more from assembly than any other language.

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

Interpreted languages are known for their slowness. Just look at BASIC. Python is only different in that it can be used for large projects, but is still highly inferior to it's lower-level ancestors.

Actually speed is rarely an issue today except in the most intensive programs. Most applications are a breeze for modern processors to run. That's why languages like Python, which are easy to use, are becoming more favourable.