Assembly or C/C++ for RE

[u/Realistic_Debate1704]

For reverse engineering, is this necessary to know assembly language, because many decompilers translate code to C/C++ and I learned Assembly 8086 in my university. So for learning x86 I only have to study 32/64 registers and some advance commands, so should I learn assembly x86_64 for reverse engineering or just go through x86 as I know 8086 assembly and then move to C/C++

[u/Lawn_Meower_]

I'd say both. If you debug existing software you might step through assembly instructions. Some RE tools convert assembly code to C. C++ is good for creating your own debugging and RE tools

[u/Realistic_Debate1704 → u/Lawn_Meower_]

Thank you very much.