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== Relationship to Assembly Language ==
Machine language is very hard to write and read, although it can be hand-coded on simple processors (it was not uncommon for 6502 programmers to memorize the complete instruction set, for example). It is particularly difficult to write and read when the [[Instruction Set Architecture|ISA ]] uses bit-packing.
[[Assembly Language]] (or just "Assembly") is closely related to machine language, but uses a [[Symbolic|symbolic]] representation of instructions and memory locations and is therefore easier to write and read. A compiler for assembly language is called an [[Assembler|assembler]], and a tool to convert machine code to assembly is called a [[Disassembler|disassembler]].
