I am currently studying computer science, and one of my required courses covers "computer organization and architecture" - or, in other words, an introduction to assembly language. This particular course uses the SPARC language because the department machines are only compatible with SPARC (or so I heard).
I heard a little about assembly languages, and I know that there are different types, such as x86, ARM, and MIPS. My question is: what is the SPARC assembly language? (Or is SPARC a native type of assembler language?) What makes SPARC different from, say, the assembler language that I can use on my desktop computer at home that runs Windows with an Intel processor? Finally, just because I'm curious whether it is useful to know SPARC on its own, or should I perhaps learn other assembler languages after I understand the basics?
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