It also seems confusing to me, but: "Calling the language assembler might be considered potentially confusing and ambiguous, since this is also the name of the

It also seems confusing to me, but: "Calling the language assembler might be considered potentially confusing and ambiguous, since this is also the name of the utility program that translates assembly language statements into machine code. However, this usage has been common among professionals and in the literature for decades.[30] Similarly, some early computers called their assembler their assembly program.[31]" http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language#Related_terminology http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language#Related_ter...