We were taught computer architecture and assembly at University of Copenhagen with the introduction of MIPS. I was very fond of this book by David Patterson (https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Organization-Design-Hennessy-Patterson/dp/B001DYVNLM). Assembly is not as hard as it sounds. 
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I had an assembly class in college as well. We used a VAX VMS system at the time. I just went “Nope, this is no fun…at all” and I’ve run from assembly programming ever since 
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I agree. Not fun. Ain’t gonna do it. But it’s not that difficult as the mainstream has made it seem.
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Yeah, assembly is doable and not the “magic” that some make it out to be. Not having to personally write assembly has REALLY made me appreciate compilers/virtual machines/etc. and the folks who work on them. HUGE thank you to anyone here that does that level of work to allow the rest of us to be way more productive!
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