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physicist · Jun 15th, 2007, 12:23 AM

I was considering learning ASM as well; i said screw it because C++ compilers are so good these days and very fast CPU's are dirt cheap, i mean dirt cheap LOL. so idk, imo there is little to gain. but i am uninformed about ASM and probably wrong.

Jun 15th, 2007, 12:23 AM	#8
physicist Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 146 Rep Power: 2	I was considering learning ASM as well; i said screw it because C++ compilers are so good these days and very fast CPU's are dirt cheap, i mean dirt cheap LOL. so idk, imo there is little to gain. but i am uninformed about ASM and probably wrong.