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Re:Paint16b: A 16 byte paint program written in 12 lines by thanosnose on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:14AM (#18486497)
There is a significant portion of developers ( particular web and app ) and IT staff who never studied computer science in college but instead moved into programming/IT mid career. Most of them probably never heard of or seen assembly code.

However, I would be shocked if anyone who went through a CS program wasn't aware of assembly programming.

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Re:Paint16b: A 16 byte paint program written in 12 lines by AstralStorm on Monday November 19, 2018 @11:10AM (#18487365)
CS tends to be algorithms not low level programming. Unlike say robotics or electronics.
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Re:Paint16b: A 16 byte paint program written in 12 lines by wtetzner on Monday November 19, 2018 @11:36AM (#18487564)
Even so, don't most CS departments have an assembly class? Or maybe get introduced to it in a Computer Architecture class?
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Re:Paint16b: A 16 byte paint program written in 12 lines by patzal on Monday November 19, 2018 @03:15PM (#18489398)
CS usually includes classes on compilers, at least that's where I learnt some assembly
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