Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Jun 2005 12:26 UTC
For Linux users, HLA is a strong programming tool that allows them to create powerful programs on a variety of different levels. As HLA becomes more feature-rich, additional applications will be written using HLA under Linux. With HLA and Linux, programmers can develop new and exciting applications anyone can use. Read more.
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from the example you may think that it looks nothing like assembly, simply because the example in the article exclusively uses the high-level libraries.
i have actually written a program recently (designed to interact as a sort of mini-plugin for Opera) in a few hundred lines of HLA, and about 90% of it consisted of more "obviously" assembly instructions such as JMP/MOV/CMP etc. the other 10% called the very handy libraries allowing me to get the commandline parameters without any pain about -- i think HLA is an excellent language.
try to understand: there is *nothing* stopping you from writing 100% pure, totally bare-metal assembly within the HLA framework. it's just that where you want or need, you can also take advantage of some high-level constructs. in my case, commandline parsing. who wants to write that in low-level code for the thousandth time?? you can even sneak in some near regex-like string parsing too.
in short, HLA is a fantastic language. the way it's designed allows you to start your entire program at a relatively high level and then, as you gradually get more familiar, you can start interleaving it with progressively lower and lower level code. then do what i did, and write the interesting parts in assembly, leaving the drudgery and bits that just simply don't need it for the excellent library.