I'm required to do a bit of Assembly (TASM) at my uni - what future uses does it have?

Question

Correct me if I'm wrong but TASM is very outdated isn't it?

Answer 1

TASM is 29 years old. Perhaps there's a DOSbox emulator (lots of people love it), old equipment or 'know your history for perspective' involved.

Perspective from the other direction:

I believe the 16-bit subsystem (from Windows 3.x) has been treated as a legacy component from Windows 7 forward (it lives in the NTVDM: Virtual DOS Machine). Then, in Windows 10 it's never installed; you can add support back only if the OS is 32-bit. 64-bit machines must emulate a 32-bit subsystem, then the emulation must emulate a 16-bit subsystem -- which is incomplete.

Microsoft is known for long, drawn-out backward compatibility; I would take this as a very strong indicator of the industry.

Answer 2

TASM can be outdated..because our board's(MSBTE) prescribed curriculum has many such softwares to learn which are outdated...

Answer 3

yes @jamie 32 bit was the possible but 64 bit can be possible if his brains are sharp enough for almost having lengthy codes.