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minus-square@jormaiglinkEnglish1•1 year agoWhat does he mean by machine code? Like assembly files or literally 1s and 0s?
minus-square@HexareilinkEnglish2•1 year agoHe didn’t realize assembly was a thing, so he was actually writing machine code instructions
minus-square@solidsnaillinkEnglish2•1 year agoHe was probably working with bytes and not individual bits, but yeah. He basically wrote executables directly (to my understanding).
What does he mean by machine code? Like assembly files or literally 1s and 0s?
He didn’t realize assembly was a thing, so he was actually writing machine code instructions
He was probably working with bytes and not individual bits, but yeah. He basically wrote executables directly (to my understanding).