There’s an interesting discussion going on Slashdot about programming languages.

Check here for the post about assembly language programming that made me stop and think.

My somewhat flip response was “If it generates x86 code, I refuse to look!!”

More seriously, I started assembler programming at the tender age of about 14 with 6502 code on my BBC Micro, then 68000 on the Amiga, then did a bit of (paid) ARM3 programming, but I just have never, since I owned a Speccy, been able to look at Z80, 8080 or 8086 up. I suspect the oddly named registers and vast panoply of addressing modes are the scariest things…

But tell me, is x86 code as scary as I’m treating it? Because I feel bad that I’ve ignored it for so long, but maybe I’m at the point where I’m just being dumb.

What do you think? What do people do with assembly language on these chips anyway?