How to start learning Assembly?
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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 :)
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 KreskowiakI liked the info inside, thanks a lot :)
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I liked the info inside, thanks a lot :)
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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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 :)
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 KreskowiakWhat 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.
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 :^)
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.
That's so good! I appreciate it :)