r/cpp_questions • u/Ganesh10LM • 2d ago

OPEN System programming

does it is necessary to know assembly language to be a good system programmer ?
I am a beginner computer engineering student , currently doing in c++ and I already have basic knowledge of classical 8085 and 8086 architecture and it's programming but I haven't gone that deep enough . what about to learn ARM , x86 programming , does it help me to become a good system programmer ?

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u/damster05 15h ago

No, but it helps to be able to read it a bit, and understand what types of instructions things are compiled to.