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Discussion on: ELI5: How does someone write a new computer language?

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Vincent Milum Jr

I honestly think it is beneficial to actually learn how a CPU works to some degree. The ARM instruction set is fairly simple and straightforward, especially compared to x86. 16 registers, all numbered, and simple instructions to modify what are in those registers.

Programming languages we are used to build on top of this. They're almost like libraries in a sense, where things are abstracted away from the core. But learning the core makes the abstraction so much clearer.