[plug] LyX/LaTeX vs Word: the verdict

[Leon Brooks]

Christian wrote:
> Leon Brooks wrote:
> > Christian wrote:
> > > Restricting you to Windows 95 x86 boxes for an
> > > introductory course on assembly language programming
> > > might be appropriate

> > Not.

> > The first thing that they'd make you do on the Windows machine is
> > include windows.h and then write two to five pages of crap to pacify
> > Windows before anything advanced like "hello world" appears.

> If you're using the Borland C++ environment then you can compile your
> simple C programs as "EasyWin" which gives essentially the same effect
> as a console program but in a window.

In essence, it simulates DOS for the program.

> Besides, introductory assembly
> languages courses (at least the one I've just finished tutoring) tend to
> be for 16-bit programming -- can you do this with Linux/gas?  Also,
> you'll note I said "might"...  I still would say that introducing 1st
> year students to assembler AND Unix in one course just might be a little
> too much. :-)

OTOH, starting them on Windows is a bad idea because you spend a
significant amount of time just dealing with Windows and incidentally
picking up bad habits, especially the assumption that your program owns
the machine.