> Real low-level assembly language probably is easier to really understand and reason about than C++, isn't it? I've often thought that. If nothing else, if a

> Real low-level assembly language probably is easier to really understand and reason about than C++, isn't it? I've often thought that. If nothing else, if a given opcode (say, an ADD) is being used, things like integer wraparound are going to do something specific and well defined, not cause undefined behavior and invalidate the entire execution of your program. I miss that from my 6502 assembly programming days :-).