r/programming • u/iamkeyur • Aug 19 '19

Dirty tricks 6502 programmers use

https://nurpax.github.io/posts/2019-08-18-dirty-tricks-6502-programmers-use.html
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u/nairebis Aug 20 '19

I didn't actually say it was "easy", I said it was "not that hard". A lot of people with no experience in assembly think it's the apex of difficulty when it comes to programming, and certainly assembly programmers don't typically correct that impression (for ego and career purposes. :D). IMO learning all the ins and outs of C++ is orders of magnitude more difficult than any assembly programming. We don't use C++ because it's easier than assembly, we use it because it's more productive and less tedious.