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[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 72 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I once knew somebody who supposedly thought that ASM was high level.

[-] duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 months ago

Wait until you learn about micro ops and processor internals. That somebody isn't as wrong as you think.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There is no way ASM is high level

[-] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 44 points 3 months ago

It's a matter of perspective. To someone who's job is to write the system which interprets ASM, ASM is high level

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

Exactly. For every level of abstraction, the abstractor is the high level and the abstractee is the lower level. Those aren't real words perhaps, but you get what I'm saying. It's all relative along the chain of abstraction.

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Is it a chain though? I think it's more of a branching network that (almost?) always is stopped at quantum physics and it's theories or some form philosophy.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My mental model of it is a chain, yes. But you can define it however you like. It's just steps in some direction.

Maybe a cake would suit someone the best.

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