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DougGwyn on April 14, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C

Many antique computers are simulated by SIMH. If you have the corresponding software, you can operate on your desktop a simulated computer's software development system. For example, DEC VAX (VMS or Unix) has a relatively simple and sane assembly language.

quelsolaar on April 14, 2020 [–]

I think, learning a tiny bit of assembler, even if in an emulator, is very valuable to teach the basics.

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