Comment on Ask HN: What is hand-coded assembly language used for these days?parentComments−bensummers16yAnd amusingly it's possible to write some significant desktop software, just in ARM assembler.http://www.cconcepts.co.uk/products/publish.htm http://www.cconcepts.co.uk/products/artworks.htmAlthough I wouldn't recommend choosing assembler for a destkop app, but it made sense when they were written. And I still think Impression beats many a word processor and DTP package available today, and it ran in 2MB of memory with no hard disc.
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And amusingly it's possible to write some significant desktop software, just in ARM assembler.
http://www.cconcepts.co.uk/products/publish.htm http://www.cconcepts.co.uk/products/artworks.htm
Although I wouldn't recommend choosing assembler for a destkop app, but it made sense when they were written. And I still think Impression beats many a word processor and DTP package available today, and it ran in 2MB of memory with no hard disc.