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I wanna learn assembly language but I read this. is it true?
Oh, and by the way: forget any and all thoughts of writing your program in assembly language. It ain't gonna happen, no matter what you read in these forums. If it were possible, you could easily buy an Assembler for the ARM chip, or get one free. The only way to get an Assembler is to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) WHEN you sign a contract to buy a ton of chips. Anyone who says you can write assembly language simply doesn't understand any of the process of writing assembly language.
Maybe you could post a link, so we all get to see who makes the ridiculous claim "Anyone who says you can write assembly language simply doesn't understand any of the process of writing assembly language."
Because it seems to either be someone who "simly doesn't understand any of the process [...]" or someone who intentionally wants to spread false information.
I read it here
www.raspberrypi.org/.../viewtopic.php
I didn't ask there because it thought Keil ARM users would know
Hmm - that's not exactly what you put in your opening post, though - is it? You've edited it rather heavily - haven't you?
The actual post is talking specifically about programming the Raspberry Pi - basically a Linux system - in assembler.
It is still basically nonsense (as other posts there point out), but programming a Linux system (which is what an RPi is) in Assembler is a rather different matter to programming ARM-based microcontrollers - which is what Keil MDK is for.
(There are certain parts of the RPi hardware which are proprietary, and may require NDA - but the issues have nothing specifically to do with assembler)
And did you note the nifty little animated GIF:
scienceblogs.com/.../140.gif
(sadly, it won't display in this forum - but you'll see it if you click the link)