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< Assembling some notes on Assembly Language

~tffb

I mean (first, lol) Assembly always did go through an assembler and then made into machine language, and then *that* language went on to do the specific hardware tasks, but if you mean individual types of CPU's, themselves, have their own (*small*) ways of processing *that*, then I suppose I could see what you mean. Apple M1/M2 chips likely do something like that.

I also DO get confused when reading about AL (hell, I *just* started reading up on it a couple weeks ago to the extent of taking notes), and just HOW the CPU *does* all these instructions. It's definitely fun to learn!

Just in case, I have a playlist pre-made of The Smiths, Morrissey, and I'm sure I'll find a band or two to toss in in case I become disenchanted for good measure ;)

3:30 AM here, and I'll take a coffee, ~bartender! Thanks!

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~tetris wrote:

Yeah, the latter -- I'd spend hours optimizing and optimizing and optimizing my assembly code, only to later learn that it was being secretly undone in the background.

Depeche Mode, Harmonium, and some good old fashioned existential BOC