andrew wrote:
Hey all,
After spending some time learning assembly I have tried to write some posts aimed at someone who has never seen any low-level programming language before. I posted it on r/learnprogramming last week and it got a good reaction from people, so I thought I'd try sharing it here too. I have a few more posts almost ready to go on the subject of binary, the hardware, looking at the instruction set, and how to run the code we'll write.
I hope someone finds it useful!
Link:
https://medium.com/dev-genius/an-introd ... 1c819c0fa6PS, sorry if this type of post isn't allowed here, if its breaking any rules I can definitely remove it!
Your introduction looks pretty good. However, I will introduce a pedantic matter.
In the context of programming a computer, the word "assembly" is a verb that refers to the step in which the source code is read and object code is generated. The software that does that is the "assembler"—the "assembler" is said to "assemble" the source code.
The language embodied in the source code is called "assembly language." When referring to the 6502 family of microprocessors, I use the phrase "65xx assembly language" to eliminate ambiguity. If referring to a specific member of the 6502 family, I use "65C816 assembly language" or "8502 assembly language," etc, again to eliminate ambiguity.
Terminology does matter when writing about technical subjects.
A novice reader who doesn't know the terminology can be confused when the writer doesn't use the right words.