# Is there (was there ever?) serious programming being done in machine code? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 6, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-was-there-ever-serious-programming-being-done-in-machine-code/937343 "2021-03-06T18:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
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4900796 Related thread from several years ago: If this thread interests you, then this older one will too: > [@Explain to Me Like I'm Five What Happens When You Install a New Operating System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-like-im-five-what-happens-when-you-install-a-new-operating-system/725464): > > I’m a fairly tech savvy person, and I’ve done a fair amount of hardware install in my desktops over the years: RAM, video cards, sound cards, a power supply, I replaced a broken DVD drive and later even added a second DVD drive with the help of a wonderfully informative youtube video. But I’ve never installed a hard drive \*or \*replaced an operating system, and I’d very much like to replace my current hard drive with an SSD drive, keeping the old hard drive as a secondary drive as my computer ca… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-was-there-ever-serious-programming-being-done-in-machine-code/937343)._