[nwh]

Doesn't quite hold true once you get done to hand written and optimised binaries though. There's no way of making assembly easily readable to everyone, no matter how relaxed the developer.

[moconnor]

Hand-written assembly can be just as readable as any other language. See https://github.com/jmechner/Prince-of-Persia-Apple-II/blob/m... for a good example!