Should you learn assembly as a programmer?

Question

So basically assembly is a machine code but you know that there is a difference between Computer science and programming me as a computer science student i've been told that learning assembly language is necessary for me do we really need to learn assembly in 2018?

Answer 1

You don't need to learn it these days. Although, it can help you understand how compilers work, and gives clues to how malloc() and pointers work in C.

Answer 2

That said, you could do it for fun 😎