Here's why: if you are not programming on mnemonic-level for the implied processor, you are not writing assembly. Period. Saying anything else is just romanticizing and paraphrasing (which in my opinion there is no room for in technics on this level).
+1 from me. It appears that not many among the HN crowd are willing to accept this, and I'm curious why this matter needs to be overanalyzed, in true geek fashion.
