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I've been thinking about this a bit lately. I'm not a low-level developer in the slightest, but the question I've been pondering is, when you get the low-level stuff, is it a lot more focused on simple I/O? The complexity (as I understand it) comes from understanding the register, address, hexadecimal stuff (which I don't really understand).

If I understand correctly, the OP is basically saying the same thing. The complexity in the higher-levels comes in when we try to create an API further up the stack which is responsible for manipulating the more understandable data into something that the device understands at a low level. The difference in retrieving a file stream vs getting the file in standard utf-8 format, which anybody can read.

What are your thoughts on this. Have I got it right? Or am I on the right track?



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