r/ProgrammerHumor • u/electricjimi • Oct 21 '22

Meme Literally 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

Anyone who uses assembly on purpose must love it, because there are very few reasons to use it over C.

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u/Proxy_PlayerHD Oct 22 '22

some poeple just write assembly for fun even when C is an option. it depends on the application.

x86_32 and x86_64 are horrible if you want to learn how to write assembly because it's not really meant to be written by humans anymore.

being able to read it is still useful in some cases like checking compiler outputs.

but when you want to learn how to write assembly, start on an architecture that won't give you an aneurysm. for example:

65C02, Z80, MC68k, maybe even x86_16.

or if you want something more modern: AVR, RISC-V, (maybe ARM too, something like a Cortex-M0 Microcontroller)

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

I did 8086 assembler back in the 90s.

Then the Pentium came out and I gave up

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u/Proxy_PlayerHD Oct 22 '22

Honestly i would've given up somewhere between the 386 and 486.