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A recent edition of [Babbage’s] The Chip Letter discusses the obscurity of assembly language. He points out, and I think correctly, that assembly language is more often read than written, yet ...

Some professional coders are absolutely adamant that learning to program in assembly language in these modern times is simply a waste of time, and this post is not for them. This is for the rest ...

A few weeks ago, for example, I asked for your thoughts pertaining to the pros, cons, and reasons for using assembly language, and I was inundated with replies, some of which are provided below (with ...

This simple example shows a limited subset of the entire HLA Standard Library, which incorporates everything from file I/O to popping the stack, switching register values and other traditional ...

Programming in assembly language -- getting down to the direct manipulation of bytes and even bits -- is gaining in popularity, according the latest ranking by TIOBE, apparently spurred by the ...