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x86 ASM absolutely is NOT a good first language due to it being a complete mess.

• rep_lodsb 1y ago
  16 bit x86 isn't that complicated and (IMO) still helpful in learning some of the more modern stuff. But I'd recommend starting with either 6502, or the 8080, which is like the 8 bit "grandparent" of x86. Avoid: - Z80: at least as a first language. Extended 8080 with completely different syntax, even more messy and unorthogonal than x86! LD A,(HL) ;load A from address in HL register pair LD A,(DE) ;load A from address in DE LD B,(HL) ;load B from address in HL LD B,(DE) ;invalid! JP (HL) ;load program counter with contents of HL (*not* memory) ADD A,B ;add B to A ADC A,B ;add B to A with carry SBC A,B ;subtract B from A with borrow SUB B ;subtract B from A OR B ;logical-or B into A etc. - RISC-V: an architecture designed by C programmers, pretty much exclusively as a target for compiling C to & omitting anything not necessary for that goal