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Old July 18th 20, 09:51 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
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Default Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions'and 'start fixing real problems'

nospam wrote:

J. P. Gilliver wrote:

startled when I spoke to a young computing graduate, to
find he'd never done any assembler.


there is no need for assembler anymore, except in very rare
circumstances.


I know that *I* would have a much poorer understanding of how computers
work if I hadn't cut my teeth with assembler (and BASIC) on 8 bit micros.
 




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