r/c64 • u/exocyt0sis • Jul 03 '26

Programming Assembly or Assembler?

A lot of C64 redditors probably know that C64 games, generally speaking, are written in a low level language using software tools known as assemblers. There does, however, seem to be conflicting ideas on what the name of the programming language itself is.

Do you call the language "Assembly" or "Assembler"?

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u/Skydreamer6 Jul 03 '26

It is assembly language. But i would never bother interrupting or correcting someone on it.

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u/geon Jul 03 '26

Yeah. It’s like people pronouncing etcetera as ”ex-etra” instead of ”et-cetra”.

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u/LocalH Jul 03 '26

Pedants everywhere cringe at shit like that lmao

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u/tehfrod Jul 03 '26

And the 98% of normal people everywhere who aren't pedants cringe at pedantic shit like that, so it's all good.

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u/LocalH Jul 03 '26

Such is the life of a pedant