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I always wanted ARM too because x86 is of no interest to hobbyist using e.g. microcontrollers. I like learning low level stuff but never felt like it was worth
by socialdemocrat 6y ago
I always wanted ARM too because x86 is of no interest to hobbyist using e.g. microcontrollers. I like learning low level stuff but never felt like it was worth the investment to properly learn the oddball x86 assembly code. I have an Amiga background where I did some assembly coding on Motorola 68000. I absolutely hated the x86 hardware platform when O switched over. It felt like everything was a kludge. Too few registers. Weird segment registers etc. ARM looks much nicer and you can use same instruction set on tiny micro
Controllers.
- tachyonbeam 6y agox86-64 is much nicer to work with than 32-bit x86, but I agree. I hope that AMD comes out with an ARM offering. I would love to see ARM PCs.
- Rillen 6y agoSo the assembly code is different? Is it easier, more logical?
- socialdemocrat 6y agoIt is useful to differentiate between easy and hard as well as simple and complex. x86 has instructions which can make many thing “easy” But they are not simple. ARM is far more logically consistent. x86 is really messy and complex but often have lots of convenient instructions. So I would say ARM is easier to learn and it is easier to learn ARM code as everything by is more logical, regularized and consistent.