How assembler has been made ?!

I'm trying this days to learn assembly, I'm using tasm, I'm aiming to understand how computer works inside itself in the deep as I can arrive to.

May be assembly language used to program some first softwares, may be it used to program DOS, but what's the language or the way that before the assembly, suppose that we have no language to program, how we can program what we want of the first programs or OS ?

I hope my question is clear.

 

It's a great idea Tony, I'm not learning assembly to write programs exactly but to know how physical parts of computer work, I want to live it and feel it.

I'm planning to study C++ in future, it's a strong language.

 

Assembly (aka Assembler) languages are specific to the native code (architecture's machine code instructions) of a CPU's brand. Intel CPUs have their own native code and Motorola CPUs a separate native code, etc.

Most the Operator Systems have many core elements written in Assembly, for example.

Assembly is used in many coded modules (.exe, .dll, etc.) because it is much faster to execute. No translation to native code a CPU will understand.

The problem with Assembly IS anything written IS specific to the native code of a CPU. This is why you could not run Windows programs (Intel coded) on early Macintosh that used the Motorola CPU. This is why compiler languages like 'C' are used, the generated code is not specific to a CPU brand. The generated code can be complied to a specific CPU brand later, at time of distribution. The problem is the CPU specific code contains 'junk' code that does not have to do with executing the code on the CPU, therefore the resulting app may be slower and larger size than an Assembly equivalent.

CAVEAT: It has been many, many years since I looked into Assembly language and I'm sure things have changed. I started writing in DBase III/IV to write database software while I was in the US Navy (now retired after serving 22yrs).

REF: Assembly Language

 

Assembly is like what you said "tecknomage"