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Originally Posted by {DvT}dagger

I think if you can pass Assembler and get a good grade you can succeed in any programming language you want to.

I'd say the same about C++ really. Assembler truly is only about weeding people out, hence why both Comp Sci programs I've been in have avoided it. Instead they both threw introductory courses with significant C++ challenges in them at the students to find out whom could succeed on larger, more involved work. And really, C++ gives you the majority of the functionality you'd ever need (honestly, if you need the power of Assembler, you've got a damn good reason why and you damn well already know what you are doing anyway).

I can still remember second semester, Frosh year, Intro 2 programming. We basically recoded STL stuff the whole time; it was eff-ing delightful.

(Note: This doesn't imply C++ is the language of choice in any situation. Hell no. Just saying, having a good grasp of the language and what you can do with it will put you in a good position to pick up any language. Hell, once you learn 2-3 languages and understand syntax and symantics, you can learn any language [even the crappy, archaic ones that are only used by the 5 people that still obsess over them.])