Can You Design a Modern Programming Language Compiler Without Knowing Assembly? A Technical Perspective

In today's world, many developers are turning toward designing new programming languages or developing domain-specific languages (DSLs). With the rapi...

What is TASM and Why Was It Important?

TASM (Turbo Assembler), developed by Borland in the late 1980s, was one of the most popular assemblers of its time. It was designed to compete with MA...

Macros in Assemblers: Are There Better Alternatives in Modern Assemblers?

In almost all assemblers, the macro mechanism is used to mimic the behavior of functions found in high-level languages. These macros are textual templ...

For Assembly Users - When Should You Use GAS, NASM, or MASM?

 A Detailed Guide to Choosing the Right Assembler for Your ProjectIntroduction When working with assembly language, it's not enough to simply underst...

Understanding syscall and int 21h in Assembly Language

 Who's in Control: The CPU or the Operating System? In assembly language, there's no concept of "functions" like in high-level programming languages....

Why Machine Language and Assembly Should Return to the Forefront of Software Engineering Education

In the midst of rapid advancements in the software world, many universities and technical institutes have shifted their focus towards high-level progr...

Science Between Past and Present: It’s Time to Liberate Knowledge from the Shackles of Certificates

In the past, the path to knowledge was clearly defined: School, university, certificate, job. There was no other way to acquire knowledge, nor any m...

Programming Languages No One Expected to Succeed... Yet They Dominated the Tech World!

Over the past forty years, the world of programming has witnessed astonishing developments. Some programming languages that started out stumbling —...

Are There Easier Alternatives to AT&T and Intel Syntax in Assembly Language? A Comprehensive Overview

Assembly language is a low-level programming language used for precise control over the processor and memory. It is very close to machine code. Most p...

Do All Compilers Support Modern x86 Instructions? And Are They Actually Used in Programming?

In the world of low-level programming, especially when dealing with architectures like x86 and x86_64, a common and important question arises: Do all ...

Official Announcement: Launching the Project I Dreamed of for 25 Years — A New Infrastructure for Programming Technologies Inspired by LLVM, with a Different Approach

At last, the dream begins to take shape. Yesterday, I officially launched the first steps of a personal project that I have envisioned for over 25 yea...

A Forgotten Gem: The Power and Simplicity of GLPro – A Multimedia Programming Language Ahead of Its Time

In the 1990s, I worked extensively with a remarkable multimedia scripting language known as GRASP, which was later renamed GLPro. This language, devel...