I have seen alot of people quick to recommend python or java as the first programming language a beginner should learn, they are quick to forget that these language won't teach you the indepth of how a computer works.
I know learning assembly is difficult but i think once you can learn it then programming in any other language would be easy. Someone told me that 20 years ago assembly was compulsory for a begginers and they considered C as a high level language.
Nairalanders what do u think?

I think the users of nairaland dnt giv a care 2 whether nairaland is coded in php or python or machine language. But they'll go else where if it takes way too long to open. But some will not go away, they'll get used to waiting for 5 damn minutes if they had to to login to their fav rooms. Talk abt their tupsy turvy relationship, ask how to learn how to program etc.
The analogy applies to software.
Some Users will put up with crappy software until it becomes unbearable,if it gives them most of wat they want. Some will leave at d first whiff of a better deal. Most will stay , if u coax them.
Some will b too lazy to change. Think of how hard its being to get programmers to code in other paradigms, even though its been demostrated tht does paradigms are better. Heard of haskell? How many nigerian cos are using it?
So to d question? It depends. Mostly it doesnt matter, cuz most ppl dnt care. Zealous marketg will sell snow 2 eskimos!

Except if I wanna grow old by my laptop... I could easily write programs in modern languages compared to Assembly. Buh heck, it depends on why you chose to be a programmer... As for me, I dont need to learn it before I become better except if it is going to be as a hobby!

I think it does on the long run. It makes you understand how stuffs go down on your machine (pardon my language). It gives you a better knowledge of how your high level language works.

Djtm: I think it does on the long run. It makes you understand how stuffs go down on your machine (pardon my language). It gives you a better knowledge of how your high level language works.

you jst said my mind.

Ajibel: Except if I wanna grow old by my laptop... I could easily write programs in modern languages compared to Assembly. Buh heck, it depends on why you chose to be a programmer... As for me, I dont need to learn it before I become better except if it is going to be as a hobby!

yea, it all boils down to why you wanna learn programming, i wouldn't expect a web developer to learn assembly

Hell Yes