I agree with you. Both of those were a big deal given how little RAM was often available. Many systems measured in bytes! On those, people writing programs w

I agree with you. Both of those were a big deal given how little RAM was often available. Many systems measured in bytes! On those, people writing programs was common. Bigger systems, kilobytes and larger, saw the use of macro assemblers were far more common. The first assembler I bought was a Macro assembler.