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This article reminded me how long it's been since I saw the word 'disassembler' anywhere. (IIRC, it started disappearing from common use at about the time the 1
by 8bitsrule 9y ago
This article reminded me how long it's been since I saw the word 'disassembler' anywhere. (IIRC, it started disappearing from common use at about the time the 16-bitters became popular.)
- saagarjha 9y agoI still use a disassembler daily to figure out how things work, so it's not completely gone…
- mattgodbolt 9y agoBarely an hour goes without me looking at a disassembler output, usually while debugging something (using gdb), or else checking what the compiler has done to my code (often on Compiler Explorer)
- bri3d 9y agoI guess you're referring to the word's replacement with "debugger" or "ICE" in parts of the microcontroller world? In the desktop/mobile x86/ARM world both the word and the tools are still in quite common use in fields that rely on it like malware analysis and general RE - IDA and Radare both have "disassembler" front and center in their naming and UIs.