Assembly Language

Comments focus on assembly language programming, its simplicity as the lowest-level human-readable code, debates on its relevance and difficulty, and humorous takes on 'real programmers' using it.

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Sample Comments

xxs Jul 22, 2016 View on HN

you missed assembler; it's still a thing

frankdvn Oct 24, 2025 View on HN

Mate, real programmers use assembly.

arghwhat Mar 24, 2018 View on HN

Ask an assembly programmer about this...

andrewstuart Oct 16, 2018 View on HN

Is assembly the devil's own programming language?

gotwalt May 26, 2023 View on HN

Assembler. You’ve invented assembler.

mc3 Nov 4, 2019 View on HN

How highfalutin! It's x86 assembly for me!

uticus Jan 14, 2024 View on HN

When can I ask ChatGPT to just code up everything in assembly, and forget about all languages?

sbov Aug 28, 2018 View on HN

Code with excitement. Code in assembly.

skewp May 2, 2014 View on HN

Learn assembly from someone who doesn't understand assembly! Get the real Comp Sci I experience!

raverbashing Mar 27, 2021 View on HN

You can't be more simple than assembly. And yet it sucks