I am a jigsaw puzzle newbie. I have so little experience in assembling puzzles, that I made the rookie mistake of looking for ...

No doubt there's some truth to ... and cycleutilization. Assembly isn't required, but it is recommended. could save you a few cycles. (A simple example, but I've seen cases where rearranging ...

Most CPUs have some facility for call and return (although my 256 byte computer didn’t, oddly). The first rule is to use them. If you have four or five instructions being repeated, that’s a ...

Besides that, some people just like to program in assembly. Morse code, bows and arrows, and steam engines are all archaic, but there are still people who enjoy mastering them anyway. If you fall ...