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> who, today, can write or optimize assembly by hand? How about understand the OS internals? How about write a compiler? How about write a library for their fav

> who, today, can write or optimize assembly by hand? How about understand the OS internals? How about write a compiler? How about write a library for their fav language? How about actually troubleshoot a misbehaving *nix process? But developers should understand what assembly is and what a compiler does. Writing a library for a language you know should be a common development task. How else are you going to reuse a chunk of code needed for multiple projects? Certainly also need to have a basic understanding of unix processes to be a competent developer, too, I would think.

rantwasp 5y ago
there is a huge difference between understanding what something is and actually working with it / being proficient with it. huge. I understand how a car engine work. I would actually explain it to someone that does not know what is under the hood. Does that make me a car mechanic? Hell no. If my car breaks down I go to the dealership and have them fix it for me. My car/car engine is ASM/OS Internals/writing a compiler/etc.