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Is Assembly Programming Still Relevant, Today?

Posted by Cliff on from the mov-eax,1 dept.

intelinsight asks: "Consider the following question given the current software development needs, and also the claims of the Assembly lovers for it being a language that gives one insights of the internal working of a computer. How relevant or useful is it to learn Assembly programming language in the current era? "

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  1. easy as 1 2 3 by zeromusmog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nobody has to learn assembly language anymore to create piddly things like compilers or program ultra-small devices or anything like that. You can do all of those things with Ruby on Rails now.

  2. Why bother? Just ... by Bin_jammin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hire someone else to code in assembly.

  3. Re:All's quiet by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > ....... (sounds of crickets) ........

    Give me a moment. I've still gotta figure out the six nested timing loops I need to toggle the speaker cone in and out in such a way that it sounds like a cricket instead of a bird.

  4. The long way by quantaman · · Score: 4, Funny

    I realize that assembly is very useful to know and can be useful in certain instances.

    But writing in assembly has always given me the same feeling as eating rice with a single chopstick.

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    1. Re:The long way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey, no deadlock.

  5. Re:All's quiet by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing to CX here, MOV along.

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    Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
  6. Re:All's quiet by brunascle · · Score: 5, Funny
    you missed one:
    • You're writing malware to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability