Assembly language - is it worth learning?  

I think it really depends on what type of programming you want to do. If you want your program to be faster in some parts assembly can be a good solution because you can get rid of all the overhead that comes with other langauges. Also if you are writting code in c/c++ it is really easy to place assembly into this code to make certain things run faster. Another advantage to assembly is if you have a limitation on space assembly is a good thing, however this is not much of a problem anymore unless you are programming mirco chips. In industry assembly is still used in a lot of differnet applications so it is a good thing to know. However, it is not something you are going to use to write an enterprise application. It is used more for making your code more lean and for space considerations. Anyways I hope this helps.

What languages do ghey speak in the united nations? There are so many different languages in the world that they decided to use only six .these languages are arabic .chinese .english .french .russian.and spanish .everything spoken or writtten in one language is translated into the other five .

Well, im learning MASM 6.11 right now, and yes, you're right, its not very useful.
The purpose of learning assembly languages is to understand the structure and nature of the registers, how transfers occur, and basic stuff like that. Almost all engineers have to learn it as a part of their training.

With C++, java and other high level languages, which are easier, more understandable and far more flexible, assembly language doesnt stand anywhere. You'll ahve noticed that programming in .asm isnt very popular. Unlike C, C++, Java, PERL and other languages which have extensive support in the form of forums, tutorials and blogs, .asm can hardly be found online.

The only advantage of using .asm is that, execution space, instruction length, and memory requirements is far less when compared to high-level languages. On the other hand, its tedious to type six pages of coding to just implement binary search.

Im not sure what .asm has to do with robotics, as there are other languages that can be used instead of .asm, and is more flexible, free-form and OO than it as well.

Like i mentioned, there's no need for learning assembly languages in the present, but many educational boards include it as part of the syllabus for college students to understand the microprocessor architecture.

I just finished my internal lab exam on it, and i have to say it was fun.

Well, I do not think it's worth to learn assembly language now, if you are talking about jobs, but not your own interest. I do not see which area we are still using assembly language to build the applications. Even in robotics, we do not use assembly language, but we can use C or VB now. Also, assembly language seems to be more troublesome, so I'd suggest you spend time in learning other languages.

Assembly language is more useful for breaking things or diagnosing problems than it is for building new things. I've reverse engineered drivers and cracked copy protection schemes on software, and I wouldn't have been able to do that without this kind of knowledge. ASM is still used for debugging low level systems, such as device drivers or embedded applications, or working with projects that use custom compilers. Assembly is used a very very small amount in building operating systems such as Linux.

Anyway, all of this talk is far to practical! I learnt assembly because I thought it would be interesting. It was, and it helped me understand how machines really work. Now, when I write code, I can imagine what the CPU is actually doing. It's nice to feel so 'close the to the metal' :)