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When and why did high-level language compilers start targeting assembly language rather than machine code?

assembly compilers asked May 25 '20 at 18:08
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Was the design of MS-BASIC for 6502 based on MS-BASIC for 8080?

basic 6502 microsoft-basic asked Oct 28 '17 at 17:47
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Is this use of unions strictly conforming?

c gcc clang strict-aliasing asked Sep 13 '17 at 19:49
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Best pattern for WFI (wait-for-interrupt) on Cortex (ARM) microcontrolers

arm cortex-m3 sleep asked Apr 5 '11 at 16:35
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Was the value of thorn pawns fully appreciated in decades past?

pawns terminology asked Dec 13 '18 at 8:35
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Touching matchsticks with compass and straightedge

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Cycle counting with modern CPUs (e.g. ARM)

microcontroller arm programming cortex-m3 asked Jul 6 '11 at 16:05
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What replacements are available for formerly-widely-supported behaviors not defined by C standard

c language-lawyer undefined-behavior asked Apr 15 '15 at 16:23
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Did any microcomputers back in the day accellerate standard-cassette performance

cassette-tape 8-bit-microcomputers asked May 14 '16 at 16:04
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How are 6502 and 65C02 JMP(abs) processed internally

6502 asked Aug 12 '16 at 18:30
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How can anyone use a microcontroller which has only 384 bytes of program memory?
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What character is the MS-DOS cursor?
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Why are old CPUs like MOS Technology 6502 and Motorola 68000 considered better for real time systems applications than modern x86 based CPUs?
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Hash table vs Balanced binary tree
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Does pressing a car remote many times offer denial of service attack for rolling codes?
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Efficiently checking if a number is divisible by 3
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Typical dpi of dot matrix printers available in the 1980s
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Why should a function have only one exit-point?
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What's so great about ARM?
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What was the first mainstream advanced debugger?
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Why is blue used as a background color to indicate no signal?
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