Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by dmarchand90 1073 days ago
Yeah this logic would have us writing everything in assembly and only using textbooks.
2 comments

I believe there's a inherent benefit in learning assembly and using textbooks because it helps you better understand the software you are writing with any other language. learning hard things the hard way is good.
Oh for sure! But you wouldn't argue to do this exclusively though
I wish more people would know Asm just so they can realise how much computing power they're wasting (multiplied by however many users...) when they've seen the limits of the machine.