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by decebalus1 1552 days ago
> And while you might think that assembly language is ipso facto an indicator of vintage, I think having at least one assembly language² in one's experience is helpful for having some idea of what the computer is actually doing.

These two statements are not contradictory. We've stopped teaching CS using assembly language a long time ago, but we still do teach assembly in OS or computer architecture contexts, which is totally fine and should continue.