The whole problem is in getting the grasp of low-level thinking. There's not much use in trying to write a tutorial specifically for TI-basic programmers, in my opinion. (no offence intended) It would be better to teach, as Galandros said, right from the ground. Basically, if you can do bit math and you have a reasonable idea of how a computing system works, you should have little trouble learning those low-level languages, provided 4 things: good attention span , time for learning, time for coding, and time for headaches...

DJ is right though: some people indeed are better at designing than at coding.

And, as ztrumpet said, even if you never get far in asm, you did learn some about the basic structure of a computing system, which is of great help while learning new languages like C or C++. (speaking from experience here; I just didn't have the time, nor the motivation to get far into C. I do want to get fluent in it before I go to university, however...)

(on a semi-related note: I'm sure there are people in the BASIC world right now who are far more intelligent than I, but are kinda 'frightened' by the look of the language )

Asm is easy once you get the hang of it, but it can take a hell of a time to code something that is simple in basic... If you need to do hard math, you should stick to basic, if you want speed, go for asm.

12x12 is harder than 8x8 or 16x16 in asm.

Adds an "ethical" touch rofl. (Kinda funny how he first dishes out the damage, and then says the security sucks)

My clickbots do well apparently.. j/k

Kudos to you.

Mmh... At times, I want to do my exams for this year for the so-called 'middle jury', a commission that allows you to finish/combine a year way earlier. (yeah, sometimes classes go SOOOO slow, especially math and the language classes, and yet some people still say stuff goes too fast... </rant on the ex cathaedra non-individual teaching systems>)

So you mean like Rogue? Then, there should be a command to 'stand still'.