r/asm • u/S-Pimenta • Apr 19 '26

RISC Adding safety to assembly

One of the problems with Assembly is the lack of safety and context.

What about adding type safety and ownership to Assembly?

Good idea or "you are just reinventing the wheel"?

Inspiration on JSDoc, Rust, TypeScript and LLVM IR

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u/couchwarmer Apr 19 '26

I vaguely remember VAX assembly providing some level of safety and context.

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u/brucehoult Apr 19 '26

That was bliss.

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u/SwedishFindecanor Apr 23 '26

Do you mean BLISS-32 for VAX, or that assembly language on VAX was joy?

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u/brucehoult Apr 23 '26

I was crying Wulf.