Knuth in The Art of Computer Programming uses (artificial) MIX assembly to describe algorithms. To me it was awkward at the first, but it does make a lot of sen

Knuth in The Art of Computer Programming uses (artificial) MIX assembly to describe algorithms. To me it was awkward at the first, but it does make a lot of sense after first few chapters. Assembler has real world users, but also it has a niche in academic community. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIX