=> < Assembling some notes on Assembly Language | ~tetris

I once dove into the assembly space with a MIPS processor, and took great joy in talking directly to the CPU.... that was until I learned that assembly itself is not a machine language but an interpreted one, because newer CPUs now perform their own optimisations in the hardware space!

After that I grew listless and world weary, and I closed the curtains in the basement and listened to depressing 80s music.

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=> ~tffb wrote (thread):

I mean (first, lol) Assembly always did go through an assembler and then made into machine language, and then that language went on to do the specific hardware tasks, but if you mean individual types of CPU's, themselves, have their own (small) ways of processing that, then I suppose I could see what you mean. Apple M1/M2 chips likely do something like that.

I also DO get confused when reading about AL (hell, I just started reading up on it a couple weeks ago to the extent of taking notes), and just HOW the CPU does all these instructions. It's definitely fun to learn!

Just in case, I have a playlist pre-made of The Smiths, Morrissey, and I'm sure I'll find a band or two to toss in in case I become disenchanted for good measure ;)

3:30 AM here, and I'll take a coffee, ~bartender! Thanks!