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My goals are focused on software application development, and maybe web application development, but most likely desktop applications. I’m embarking on a path to becoming more familiar with C/C++, but should I go much lower than that, into assembly? Or would I not have a benefit for my long-term goals?
It’s probably not going to have a whole lot of benefit unless you have a direct application for it. If you’re going for general knowledge, C/C++ is a fine place to start.
That said, the challenges that assembly poses are very interesting and it requires a pretty different mindset to get things done.
I spent a little time learning Z80 assembly by programming the TI-86 calculator. The Z80 instruction set is pretty small and the novelty of programming a calculator in assembly is very amusing.
ticalc.org has a lot of good resources on TI assembly programming.