Well, there's always people that just think it's fun. Plus, you learn A LOT about the processor you are working with. But the group of programmers who need to

Well, there's always people that just think it's fun. Plus, you learn A LOT about the processor you are working with. But the group of programmers who need to work in assembly is not very large, I think. Most of them are probably writing compiler backends or working in embedded systems. But learning assembly teaches you a lot about how the processor works, so it might be time well spent even if you never actually write assembly. (NB I don't really know assembly, I have written like 20 instructions of inline assembly (and 3 inline binary instructions - what a rush that was!), so I am not an expert on the matter, but I can see the appeal. ;-)