From: rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/29/2018 3:01 PM, s_dubrovich@nospicedham.yahoo.com wrote:   
   > On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 11:16:34 AM UTC-5, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:   
   >> I'm preparing a brief (15 minutes) assembly programming course for the   
   >> general workings of assembly language on the i386 and later CPUs, but   
   >> mostly focused on the i386's base architecture and design.   
   >>   
   >> For a 15 minute class to people who typically operate in something like   
   >> python, Java, maybe a little C++, what would you suggest I offer them?   
   >>   
   >> I think my goals would be to explain the fundamental nature of the CPU   
   >> core, such as things like registers, memory, I/O, integer and FPU, and   
   >> how things are done step-wise to process things they take for granted,   
   >> like "pi = 3.14159;".   
   >>   
   >> Any assistance would be appreciated.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> Rick C. Hodgin   
   >   
   > Their point of view is HLL, in other words, hardware abstraction, so you'll   
   > loose them if you start with hardware.  In the back of their minds they'll   
   > be thinking, 'I don't need to know this'.   
   >   
   > ISTM you'ld be better off taking the simplist 'hello world' in C and using   
   > gcc to dump its source in asm.  Going over that translation is their intro to   
   > registers.  Focus on data, code, and stack, program & function entry and   
   exit.   
   > Stress that, in effect, asm is an intermediate translation for their HLL in   
   gcc.   
   > Do an equivalent program in NASM for comparison.  I would not go further   
   into hardware than the code, data, stack registers and instructions used.  The   
   > 'show & tell' will stick better than a dive into the hardware background.  In   
   > 15 minutes, you can just about do what I've outlined.   
      
   I appreciate the input.  I'm going to use your idea and translate   
   some code from a HLL into a language like C, and then down to asm.   
   They'll be able to see the translation in stages, and then I'll   
   explain how the data is actually processed.   
      
   I'm creating a Blender 3D animation to show the internal 80386-   
   based environment, how data comes in, how it goes out.  When it's   
   completed I'll post it for people to see.   
      
   --   
   Rick C. Hodgin   
      
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