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minus-squarejormaiglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWhat does he mean by machine code? Like assembly files or literally 1s and 0s?
minus-squaresolidsnaillinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoHe was probably working with bytes and not individual bits, but yeah. He basically wrote executables directly (to my understanding).
minus-squareHexareilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoHe didn’t realize assembly was a thing, so he was actually writing machine code instructions
What does he mean by machine code? Like assembly files or literally 1s and 0s?
He was probably working with bytes and not individual bits, but yeah. He basically wrote executables directly (to my understanding).
He didn’t realize assembly was a thing, so he was actually writing machine code instructions