Introducing MachineLang.Net

Posted: 4/1/2011 1:27:21 PM

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Do you want to code with the sheer simplicity of x86 Machine Code without all of the complicated “features” of 4th, 3rd or even 2nd generation languages, all the while being able to run on top of .Net’s CLR? Well, this post is for you!

Let’s start with the current problems with “modern” programming languages today:

4th Generation Language? Who needs declarative markup or domain specific languages? Sounds like a bunch of academics are just trying to get their next PhD instead of helping me write awesomely fast code. Drowning a sack full of puppies is more fun than debugging a slow stored procedure.

3rd Generation Language? OO? Structured Programming? Yeah, right, they should come see the projects I’ve had to work on in the past, it was more like an object oriented scaffolding to the depths of hell. I’d rather gouge my eyes out with salt covered rusty fork than look at one more inheritance chain 30 levels deep.

2nd Generation Languages are getting closer, the speed is mostly there. But do we really want to dumb down our craft just so some stupid people can “read” and “understand” better? What does that say about our profession? If you can’t convert “XOR CL, [12H]” to “00110010 00001110 00010010 00000000” in your head, please give up on life because you will never amount to anything.

It is simple really, just write all of your machine language in a single .ml file, and run the machine lang compiler (mlc.exe) and you’ll have a new .net executable waiting for you in the same directory as your .ml file, than can run on any machine with the .Net framework on it.


Then just open up your command line and run the following command:
You can AND SHOULD download and run the HelloWorld example here. You'll smile when you're done, I promise.

If you're afraid that you may have some duplicate code in your next MachineLang.Net project, be sure to check out Atomiq Duplicate Code Finder.



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