---
key: pl/assembly
kind: plang
name: "Assembly"
url: https://plangs.page/assembly
---

# Assembly

> Low-level programming language closely aligned with machine code instructions.

Low-level language with a strong correspondence between instructions and machine code: usually a 1:1 mapping between them.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1947
- Languish ranking: #35

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Macros](https://plangs.page/paradigm/macro)
- [Metaprog](https://plangs.page/paradigm/metaprogramming)
- [Structured](https://plangs.page/paradigm/structured)

### Platforms

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [ARM](https://plangs.page/platform/arm)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Embedded](https://plangs.page/platform/embedded)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)
- [x86-64](https://plangs.page/platform/x86-64)

### Type Systems

- [Untyped](https://plangs.page/type-system/untyped)

### Target Of

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Implemented By

- [WebAssembly](https://plangs.page/webassembly)

### Used to Write

- [Go](https://plangs.page/go)
- [HotSpot VM](https://plangs.page/hotspot)

### Tags

- [Assembler](https://plangs.page/tag/asm)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Embedded System](https://plangs.page/tag/embedded)
- [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)