Well, that's awesome in some people's eyes.
It might be in mine, if I had any real idea what it is.
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 23:51, archived)

It's programming at a very low level.
html - here

*big distance*

assembly - here
( Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 23:53, archived)

It's basically giving the computer instructions on the lowest (and fastest) possible level.
If it was 1980 instead of 2009, I'd now be well on the way towards making shitloads of money.

To give you an idea of how primitive it is: you can jump, move values around, add, subtract, shift bits, do bitwise logic, or call BIOS functions. That's it.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 23:54, archived)

You could probably still make money from it.
There are many older systems still being used, as they work so well.
( Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 23:56, archived)

I was stared at when I could do assembly programming quite easily in first year
Crap at C++ etc though
( executiverocker only wears C&A, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 0:04, archived)

That's precisely why I've given up ten minutes after starting to learn it,
as there's not much practical reason to learn it these days. At least with Z80/6502/PICmicro etc you're pretty much stuck with assembly.
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 0:05, archived)