Say Hello to X64 Assembly Part 3

Re:Say Hello to X64 Assembly Part 3 by ChuckMcM on Friday September 19, 2014 @04:09PM (#8342233)

It is the difference between passion and education. Someone who passionate about technology is really interested in all the bits and crevices, someone who is simply learned about technology classifies knowledge into 'useful' and 'not useful' parts. A common example is 'car people' who go through and re-design the fuel injectors for their car. It isn't "required" but they really like everything about all the pieces. So they persevere to understand it all.

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Re:Say Hello to X64 Assembly Part 3 by bsoares on Friday September 19, 2014 @05:58PM (#8342719)

This is a very well thought statement. I was just thinking this morning how great is to understand low level logic and coding, but when discussing it with a co-worker, it was clear that there was no practical day to day benefit from knowing about the underpinnings of the higher level languages we use.

That said, I am able to better overcome technical challenges when they arise due to my curiosity and passion for the details.

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Re:Say Hello to X64 Assembly Part 3 by Havoc on Friday September 19, 2014 @06:30PM (#8342831)

I hear you. Though in the modern world I feel everyone is forced to triage on the useful/not useful front. There is too much info out there and not enough time.

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