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by brandonmenc 3237 days ago
> back when it was harder

Is this true?

Or is it the old "machine code is harder" idea?

How many people here programmed assembly language in middle school, but would have been stumped (or at least strained to the max in comparison) if made to read say, the Design Patterns book?

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> programmed assembly language in middle school

The kind of assembly programming you do in middle school is a far cry from the difficulty of designing and maintaining an entire program in assembly.