Is Assembly/Assembler hard to read/understand?

From: thelifter (thelifter_at_gmx.net)
Date: 07/17/04 

Date: 16 Jul 2004 19:50:39 -0700

Hello,

I'm new to assembly/assembler and one of the things people often
criticize, is the fact that it is hard to read in comparison to a
HLL(high level language). Is this a difficulty that is temporary, ie
do you get used to reading assembly after a while, so that you can
understand it as easily as a HLL? Or is this something that is
permanent, ie do you feel that assembly code is always harder to
understand than the corresponding HLL code?

Thanks for your answers...