Why don't programmers code directly in machine language?

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Franklin Veaux


Because it’s difficult, it makes code that’s hard for other people to read and maintain, and there’s little or no practical benefit for doing so.

Consider the difference between these bits of code:

LD HL, (FECBh)
LD A, (HL)
INC A
LD (HL), A

or

numberOfArrows(ebony)=numberOfArrows(ebony)+1

or

player.AddToInventory ebonyArrow

Given those three bits of code, which is easiest to understand? Which is easiest to write?



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