Comment by ErroneousBosh

> And even on the languages that don't, it isn't if as a tiny Assembly thunk is the end of the world to write, but apparently at a sign of a plain mov people run to the hills nowadays.

Use the right tool for the job. I've always felt it's often the most efficient thing to write a bit of code in assembler, if that's simpler and clearer than doing anything else.

It's hard to write obfuscated assembler because it's all sitting opened up in front of you. It's as simple as it gets and it hasn't got any secrets.