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		sabas123 on Oct 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: x86 assembly doesn’t have to be scary (2018) Depending on what you're after there is a lot more than 2000 pages of documentation :) That said, the C standard is also an impenetrable mess, yet people can start using it without resorting to it.

Ygg2 on Oct 7, 2021 [–]

If you are reaching for assembly, usually that means digging into some optimizations.

Those are highly obscure.

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