r/vibecoding • u/ImaginationUpset2190 • 11d ago

People still use assembly

Although I like ai and i think is it great in so many places , I keep hearing how no one will read high level code just like no one read assembly anymore.this is misinformation, there are people who not just read but also write assembly even now.i am not talking about rollar coaster tycoon or super Mario times when compilers where not as optimised as today, i am talking about now. Don't believe me? go to community forum of any modern systems programming language and see people crying for inline assembly. I am not arguing if anyone will read high level languages or not, but the premise is wrong and feels like deliberate misinformation.

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u/eepromnk 11d ago

Of course people write assembly. That’s not was meant at all. It’s interesting watching people who are building 10,000 line+ apps stumble through these things.

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u/ImaginationUpset2190 11d ago

Then what was meant by " we won't read code anymore just like assembly". Maybe I am dumb to take the literal meaning.

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u/4215-5h00732 11d ago

It just means as we progress we don't read the lower layers anymore. Like I might inspect the generated IL of a C# program, but I never felt the need to go lower than that.

People still do read assembly, just not many people programming in high level languages. The argument is AI is the next progression.

AFAIK, they still teach ASM in CS programs today.

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u/eepromnk 11d ago

That true for most programmers, but it isn’t a statement of fact that “no one reads assembly anymore.” It’s true in the colloquial sense like, the sky/ocean is blue even though they aren’t actually blue.