[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Let me introduce myself

[Charles Richmond]

I am a software engineer too. There are millions of us out here,
you know.  ;-)   In my view, 6809 assembly language was designed
to make it easier for programmers to use it directly. It's *not*
like the RISC assembly languages that may execute very fast, but
are difficult to program in directly. I have experience working
with other micro assembly languages, and the 6809 is truly the
top-of-the-line in 8-bit.

I guess it all depends on the project you are working on. For some
things, BASIC is just too slow

On Jan 31, 2006, at 11:41 PM, benwillis wrote:

> I did dabble in 6809 assembler. Yes it was cool. Frustrating thing
> was having to write 6 or 8 instructions compared to 1 line of BASIC.
> Of course, those 6 or 8 instructions were way faster, and more
> flexible. And one could create a routine that was parameterized to
> avoid having to re-write those same 6 or 8 instructions again.  But,
> perhaps it's just personal taste - I found assembler was more often
> frustrating than it was fun.  That's why I like high level languages
> (I'm a software engineer by profession) - you can get alot more done
> in much less time, with much higher reliability and manageability.
> Of course, every language has its place.
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> --- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, Charles Richmond
> <richmond at p...> wrote:
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>> On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:36 PM, benwillis wrote:
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>>> My main motivation for this is to teach my 7 year old son how to
>>> program. PC's are cool, and there are alot of great compilers
> etc.
>>> out there. But there is something fundamentally wonderful with
> the
>>> Coco. You turn it on, and all it does is BASIC. The simplicity
> and
>>> dedication of doing a single purpose and doing it well just
> shines.
>>> Plus the original Coco manuals I think do a great job of teaching
>>> how to use BASIC and some general programming principles in
>>> general.  He has grown up playing computer games and GameCube and
>>> yet the Coco fascinates him.  He's an avid reader and I'm
> anxious to
>>> get a hold of Bedlam, Madness and Minotaur, Pyramid, Raaka-Tu and
>>> The Sands of Egypt.
>>>
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>> You are missing out if you do *not* learn to program in 6809
> assembly
>> language. In my opinion, the 6809 has the greatest assembly
> language of
>> any of the 8-bit micros. It has all sorts of wonderful, whiz-bang
>> features!!!
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