IMO it depends on problem space. If your goal with programming is to better understand how computer works, then yes asssembly language would be a perfect fit for you. Otherwise if you want to use prgramming languages to model systems, you don't need this low level knowledges.
ps.: i maybe wrong. i am programming just a few years(i have started with pascal and gone through C, C++, C#, Java, Clisp and ended with Python), and never got really dirty with low-level things.
The question is- will it change your approach in good way or bad one. IMO languages like lisp, python, ruby support thinking on far more abstract level then assembly language...
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IMO it depends on problem space. If your goal with programming is to better understand how computer works, then yes asssembly language would be a perfect fit for you. Otherwise if you want to use prgramming languages to model systems, you don't need this low level knowledges. ps.: i maybe wrong. i am programming just a few years(i have started with pascal and gone through C, C++, C#, Java, Clisp and ended with Python), and never got really dirty with low-level things.
The question is- will it change your approach in good way or bad one. IMO languages like lisp, python, ruby support thinking on far more abstract level then assembly language...