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How to start learning Assembly?

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    Hi, I worked a little with C#, C and C++. I've googled a lot but I got different ideas and suggestions on my topic. What do you suggest to start from to learn Assembly? And what is/are the good ebook(s) to begin with? I should add I'm exclusively looking for the ebooks. Thanks :)

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      Hi, I worked a little with C#, C and C++. I've googled a lot but I got different ideas and suggestions on my topic. What do you suggest to start from to learn Assembly? And what is/are the good ebook(s) to begin with? I should add I'm exclusively looking for the ebooks. Thanks :)

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      What kind of hardware platform are you planning on targeting? Soren Madsen

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        What kind of hardware platform are you planning on targeting? Soren Madsen

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        It's an Intel Sandy Bridge x64 PC.

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          Hi, I worked a little with C#, C and C++. I've googled a lot but I got different ideas and suggestions on my topic. What do you suggest to start from to learn Assembly? And what is/are the good ebook(s) to begin with? I should add I'm exclusively looking for the ebooks. Thanks :)

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          You can start by going through this[^]. There's a few link in there are really useful, such as the 5 volume set of the "Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer Manuals", freely downloadable.

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            You can start by going through this[^]. There's a few link in there are really useful, such as the 5 volume set of the "Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer Manuals", freely downloadable.

            A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
            Dave Kreskowiak

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            I liked the info inside, thanks a lot :)

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              I liked the info inside, thanks a lot :)

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              Congratulations on leaping into the world of extreme tedium, otherwise known as Assemly Language!

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                It's an Intel Sandy Bridge x64 PC.

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                Interesting register usage on the 64. The first 4 params are passed through registers and not the stack.

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                  Hi, I worked a little with C#, C and C++. I've googled a lot but I got different ideas and suggestions on my topic. What do you suggest to start from to learn Assembly? And what is/are the good ebook(s) to begin with? I should add I'm exclusively looking for the ebooks. Thanks :)

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                  Online books will help, but what you really need is a primer a compiler and to start writing code. The only way is to really get stuck in and using it. Gotta say, I can follow assembler pretty well, but I never write in it, I just have to debug into it quite often. But its a pig. It takes minutes of concentration just to follow variables through the stack and into a func. Why anyone would really want to learn it and program in it is odd these days. C/C++ gives you all the power and none of the hassle of assembly.

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                    Congratulations on leaping into the world of extreme tedium, otherwise known as Assemly Language!

                    A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
                    Dave Kreskowiak

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                    What a world I desireably got stuck with :D Thanks man :)

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                      Online books will help, but what you really need is a primer a compiler and to start writing code. The only way is to really get stuck in and using it. Gotta say, I can follow assembler pretty well, but I never write in it, I just have to debug into it quite often. But its a pig. It takes minutes of concentration just to follow variables through the stack and into a func. Why anyone would really want to learn it and program in it is odd these days. C/C++ gives you all the power and none of the hassle of assembly.

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                      You're right but I'm one of the guys who have their own reasons(even unusual-to-the-public one) to get their hands dirty with asm! The world is full of these kinds of reason :^)

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                        You're right but I'm one of the guys who have their own reasons(even unusual-to-the-public one) to get their hands dirty with asm! The world is full of these kinds of reason :^)

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                        Good for you! I learned Assembly programming hands on, reading the Intel documentation (4004) and breadboarding the CPU with a few registers and DIP switches. Moving up to the MITS Altair8800, I used what I learned to write an OS for it, then an assembler to save having to enter binary opcodes with toggle switches. It's a great way to really understand how the software and hardware interact and depend on each other, but I don't recommend it as an efficient way to write apps. :) Of course, if you're writing real-time control code for small MCUs with tiny memories, nothing is better - not even C. It's fun, educational, and sometimes useful to program at this level, but it's never easy. Enjoy! :-D

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                          Good for you! I learned Assembly programming hands on, reading the Intel documentation (4004) and breadboarding the CPU with a few registers and DIP switches. Moving up to the MITS Altair8800, I used what I learned to write an OS for it, then an assembler to save having to enter binary opcodes with toggle switches. It's a great way to really understand how the software and hardware interact and depend on each other, but I don't recommend it as an efficient way to write apps. :) Of course, if you're writing real-time control code for small MCUs with tiny memories, nothing is better - not even C. It's fun, educational, and sometimes useful to program at this level, but it's never easy. Enjoy! :-D

                          Will Rogers never met me.

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                          That's so good! I appreciate it :)

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