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Is there ever a situation when ASM just isn’t low-level enough? After all, assembler still has to be assembled. Has anyone ever written a program in binary? I’m just wondering if there’s ever a theoretical reason why doing so might be practical or even if it’s possible on modern computers.
Historical reason: You are running a machine that requires its boot code to be toggled in on the front panel. (And yes, this was done. Regularly in the first couple of generation of machines.)
Not-what-you-were-looking-for modern reason: When you are writing an assembler you have to figure out the process.