Microprocessor assembly language draft standard
Richard A. Marino · ACM SIGSMALL Newsletter · 1981
Among the first languages used in programming computers were assembly languages, in which each instruction is translated directly into machine code. Since that time, the level and sophistication of computer languages has grown to such an extent that high-level computer languages are essentially machine-independent and some are nearly compatible with the spoken language. Even though high-level languages continue to become more and more sophisticated and are the subject of most computer language discussion, there still is and always be a need for assembly languages.