Assembly Code?

Submitted by HitmanKB on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 16:37.

Just wondering what is the assembly code used for? Ive been wondering why assembly was used and why java or c couldnt be substituted?

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nanokernel

Submitted by Fabien D on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 18:26.

Hi,
in JNode there is a nanokernel which is written in assembler in order to boot the pc.
c is forbidden is JNode and java can't be used at very first beginning of boot process because the CPU usually can't execute natively the bytecode.

Fabien

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