I get your point (and agree about 8bit µC) but I would also point out that ARM/Linux and ARM64/Linux are pretty common and accessible these days. Buying an RPi

I get your point (and agree about 8bit µC) but I would also point out that ARM/Linux and ARM64/Linux are pretty common and accessible these days. Buying an RPi to learn ASM and not have to deal with x86 nonsense would be a good investment IMO. Maybe not everybody shares my deeply rooted dislike for x86 though.