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> HLA is not assembly It allows you to write software opcode-by-opcode. That's assembly. The differences between HLA and NASM or MASM are matters of degree, no
by derleth 15y ago
> HLA is not assembly
It allows you to write software opcode-by-opcode. That's assembly. The differences between HLA and NASM or MASM are matters of degree, not of kind.
> but a high level language
No. High-level languages do things like manage memory for you and otherwise abstract large bits of the machine. HLA does not do that.
- gnosis 15y agoLisp allows inline assembly -- but that doesn't make it a low-level language. C and Forth can do the same, yet no one would confuse them with assembly language either.
- derleth 15y ago> Lisp allows inline assembly Not according to the standard. > C and Forth can do the same Can. Not necessarily will.