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Hello-World iOS App in Assembly

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168 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 02:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | source
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sanskarix ◴[30 Oct 25 05:49 UTC] No.45756787[source]▶
This kind of thing is how you actually learn what's under the hood. Everyone's building with React Native and Flutter, which is fine until something breaks. Then you're stuck Googling black magic. Starting from assembly teaches you the real cost of abstraction.
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saagarjha ◴[30 Oct 25 08:28 UTC] No.45757628[source]▶
This is an excellent argument for not using assembly, actually
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1. bilekas ◴[30 Oct 25 09:20 UTC] No.45757931[source]▶
The argument is that learning assembly is useful, it gives some insights into what happens under the hood. That seems like a no brainer to me.

Would I use it for production iOS app, no, I don't hate myself that much.