..That's a dick joke?

I assumed it was as it's now available in hardcopy.

Because Zachtronics games are constrained in ways that real ISAs aren't for the sake of good puzzle gameplay. It's about as meaningful as trying to learn to be an infantryman by playing Doom.

Telling on yourself on main

Yes, it was for me, too. I should have read the sample version first, and I asked for a refund then.

Yes, the book is well written and up to No Starch Press's standards, but I don't think it deserved the blanket title "The Art of Assembly."

I was thinking about this very thing recently, because I like to be able to tell my computer to do exactly what I want. Little annoying things, usually Microsoft products. Maybe the next 20 years will bring more improvement in software than the past 20. Hardware has gotten faster, software more complex... but at the root of it, technology exists for us to exercise our will over reality. If we could accomplish the same thing without technology, that would obviously be better. I guess I'm trying to say the interface matters.

You can resign the executable after making a change.

Agree 100%, the HLA ruined all the fun, it's just not what people "The Art of Assembly" want to learn.

Indeed, not only it is interesting, it allows having some overview of how all modern compilers use IR in one form or the other.