This submission asked: "Should I learn C?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1523858 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1523858 The Story of Mel is a reaso

This submission asked: "Should I learn C?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1523858 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1523858 The Story of Mel is a reason why everyone should learn assembler. If you don't know assembler you won't really appreciate everything that goes on in this story. You'll get the basic idea, but the details and subtleties will almost certainly elude you.