• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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      2 months ago

      Really? It was required when I was in college. We did MIPS, x86, and PIC.

      I like it because there’s no mysterious things happening to your bits. Every line is an instruction executed. You control the machine. It’s power. It gives you power over the machines.

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        I went to college for Microbiology and became a programmer on my own after, so nope, never written a single line in assembly and never thought of checking it out either. Just never really crossed my mind. I might start messing with it soon.

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          2 months ago

          I… Don’t recommend it. Rust if anything.

          It’s a neat party trick? Helps you understand how a processor works? But for anything modern, it’s way more work than it’s worth.