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SallyMcGrath opened this issue Apr 23, 2025 · 0 comments
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5. Read Chapter 8 of How Computers Really Work #6

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🏕 Priority Mandatory This work is expected 🐂 Size Medium 1-4 hours 📅 Sprint 1 Assigned during Sprint 1 of this module 🎯 Topic Programming Fundamentals Learning syntax: data types, functions, loops, expressions, etc

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Link to the coursework

https://nostarch.com/how-computers-really-work (but CYF can lend you a copy)

Learning Objectives

  • Write a program to calculate the factorial of a number in Assembly

Why are we doing this?

We will be thinking again about the capacity and limits of real computers. Read Chapter 8 and complete exercise 8-1: Factorial. You do not need to complete the associated Raspberry Pi project.

Maximum time in hours

1.5

How to get help

Share your blockers in your class channel
https://curriculum.codeyourfuture.io/guides/getting-help/asking-questions/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zp6wfcw#z4jh3qt

How to submit

There's no submission step. You will need these concepts in the next module.
@SallyMcGrath SallyMcGrath added 🏕 Priority Mandatory This work is expected 🐂 Size Medium 1-4 hours labels Apr 23, 2025
@SallyMcGrath SallyMcGrath added 🎯 Topic Programming Fundamentals Learning syntax: data types, functions, loops, expressions, etc 📅 Sprint 1 Assigned during Sprint 1 of this module labels Apr 23, 2025
@illicitonion illicitonion transferred this issue from CodeYourFuture/Module-Legacy-Code May 14, 2025
@illicitonion illicitonion changed the title Read Chapter 8 of How Computers Really Work 5. Read Chapter 8 of How Computers Really Work May 19, 2025
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