Assembly and LMC

• What is the Purpose of Assembly Language? 

  • Assembly language sits between high-level languages (like Python, Java) and machine code (binary code executed by the computer hardware) 
  • Allows developers to write more efficient, albeit more complex, code when compared to high-level languages 
  • Direct access and manipulation of hardware components, e.g., registers, memory addresses 
  • Each type of computer CPU has its specific assembly language 
• Levels of Abstraction in programming languages

  
• Little Man Computer 

  • The Little Man Computer (LMC) is a hypothetical computer model used for understanding the fundamental operations and mechanics of a computer 
  • The LMC is a simplified version of a computer 
  • It has key elements like memory, a calculator, an accumulator, and an instruction set 
• Little Man Computer Instruction set