Doug Taggart presented an introduction to the MIPS assembly language, as well as a general overview of coding in assembly. Assembly language is used to control microprocessors and micro-controllers, among other things. It has the smallest amount of abstraction from machine code, and it is quite easy to translate lines of assembly code into binary machine code.<\/p>\n
The discussion focused on the basic aspects of MIPS assembly language such as basic arithmetic operation, conditional statements, and control statements. Coding assembly in a unix shell was also reviewed. A basic banking programing written in MIPS assembly, was demonstrated which\u00a0 encapsulated much of the assembly language functionality covered in the presentation.<\/p>\n
The second half of the presentation was an open discussion revolving around the differences between Stockton and Rowan’s Computer Science programs. A brief descriptions of Rowan’s CS faculty was given with emphasis placed on individual research interests and courses taught. The level of student interest was also discussed as was a potential crossover event for the Stockton Dead Coder’s Society and the Rowan Chapter of the Association for Computing Machines.<\/p>\n