Programming in 64 bit binary?

lesz42 · 16 Jan 2011 at 22:53

a mate, says his friend, writes code in 64 bit binary? possible?

no idea myself

tntcoder · 16 Jan 2011 at 23:02

Programming in binary would be ridiculous and insane, but yes it's possible to program using 64-bit binary opcodes for a 64-bit instruction set e.g Intel x64. It would never be a feasible choice though and even a simple hello world would take forever to write, 64-bit ASM which is the next step up from binary would be easier, but still very hardcore.

It's far more likely he's just compiling a program from a high level language like C# into a 64-bit executable binary, which is a simple compiler option. Writing 64-bit software is becoming more and more common.

NickK · 17 Jan 2011 at 00:47

I used to be able to read the 650C02 binary without disassembling. If you're developing at low level it's becomes second nature.. which is as sad as Klingon..

Alex74 · 17 Jan 2011 at 17:18

NickK said:
I used to be able to read the 650C02 binary without disassembling. If you're developing at low level it's becomes second nature.. which is as sad as Klingon..

And marginally more awesome