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In my day I wrote a fair amount of x86 assembly language. I found it fairly easy and straight forward. There are probably even less reasons to learn it these da
by SeanDav 10y ago
In my day I wrote a fair amount of x86 assembly language. I found it fairly easy and straight forward. There are probably even less reasons to learn it these days but nothing gives you a better idea of how a computer works (arguably, besides microcode, but that is a different kettle of fish).
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoThe simple stuff's alright, but if you want to do anything performant, it gets hairy pretty fast, as you wade through almost 40 years of expansions and ugly hacks.
- gtirloni 10y agoCould you elaborate in which situation you faced this issue?
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoTrying to learn it, at least beyond the basics. Maybe I'm crazy, and I'm definitely inexperienced. So maybe take my opinion with a grain of salt? But yes, so far as I've seen, trying to understand x86 in its present state is a painful experience.