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Old Aug 29th, 2004, 1:09 PM   #5
Mjordan2nd
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Well, Ok.

Pros:
Learning assembly language will increase your knowledge of the computer tenfold.
You are in complete control of your machine.
Assembly code is as fast as it gets.
You can get access to unusual programming modes of your processor.
You can use it with some high-level languages

Cons:
Very tedious to write.
It is quite often buggy.
These bugs are hard to find.
not portable


There are probably a lot. Either way, I think it's good knowledge, whether you use it or not. Plus, just about any "hacker" book you read will tell you to learn assembly. :ph34r:
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