He mentioned a few times that writing an assembler was a no-go.
It would have taken much more time than they had available, and since an assembler would be a new tool, it would have required certification. (So, even more time and paperwork.) Plus, they had incomplete docs and there is no working copy or simulator of Voyager here on Earth. So any assembler written would by definition be incomplete or inaccurate.
It would have taken much more time than they had available, and since an assembler would be a new tool, it would have required certification. (So, even more time and paperwork.) Plus, they had incomplete docs and there is no working copy or simulator of Voyager here on Earth. So any assembler written would by definition be incomplete or inaccurate.