(author here) ...FYI I actually learned assembly language for the first time back in the 1970s and 80s using a 6809 inside a Radio Shack "Color Computer." I was

(author here) ...FYI I actually learned assembly language for the first time back in the 1970s and 80s using a 6809 inside a Radio Shack "Color Computer." I was super-fun at the time. I don't remember much of it now but I'm sure x86 isn't as clean or fun as 6809 assembly was.