Is assembly language an API of sorts?
-
- New Member
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:17 am
Is assembly language an API of sorts?
Am I understanding it correctly? Apart from Mainframes, different processor architectures do fancy things with 1's and 0's that are pretty complex so they present an API of sorts which consist of the assembly instructions which can be used more easily that trying to directly manipulate the transistors on the chip ?
-
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 490
- Joined: Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:24 pm
Re: Is assembly language an API of sorts?
If you regard all computer languages as APIs, then you could regard Assembly-languages as APIs.
-
- New Member
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:17 am
- Robert Sample
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 1895
- Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:22 am
- Location: Dubuque Iowa
Re: Is assembly language an API of sorts?
Computer languages would not typically be considered APIs since an application programming interface provides a set of calls / commands to allow use of an application. While a computer language is in a broad sense an API, more usually an API would be invoked through a computer language.
Create an account or sign in to join the discussion
You need to be a member in order to post a reply
Create an account
Not a member? register to join our community
Members can start their own topics & subscribe to topics
It’s free and only takes a minute