Free lunches don't come cheap.

To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API.

I felt more like a scientist exploring nature, and Windows was my environment. You dont pass judgment on nature; you just explain how it works.

NOP stands for (and is pronounced) no op, as in no operation. The NOP causes the processor to do absolutely nothing. What's it good for? Filling space. The 8080 can usually execute a bunch of NOP instructions without anything bad happening

You probably don't have much of a choice.

Programming in machine code is like eating with a toothpick

I started out with machine code and assembly language.