Learning Assembly

[mjk]

Hey all,

So far ASM is very confusing!


I've been learning from the 16-bit DOS edition of Art of Assembly by Randall Hyde. I chose this edition since the other versions appeared to deal with some weird 'thingy' called high-level assembly (HLA). I'm slowly getting it even though I haven't been able to try anything out with MASM.. It doesn't want to assemble anything. I got MASM32 v8 from www.masm32.com. Anyone else have problems with it? I have a feeling it's only supposed to make Windows apps not DOS apps... Maybe I'll have to try TASM or NASM.


Anyone got some tips? Maybe some better sources/tutorials/books to learn from? Some other side topics I should brush up on in order to improve my understanding? The 16-bit version of AOA appears to be a little outdated but it seemed like the best choice since it is very easy to understand (at least compared to other tuts I found). The formatting was also pleasant not some crappy plain-text file.


Anyways, I'll try to stick with it. Sounds like after I get a grasp on the basics it won't seem so cryptic after that. Just gotta keep to it!


Thank you everyone,

mjk

[muert0]

These forums might help:
http://forum.valhallalegends.com/php...ex.php?board=7
All of the people who run this site know their stuff.

[mjk]

Wow muert0 that's a great site! Thanks

Hopefully that'll keep me occupied for a while.

Anyone else?

Thank you,

mjk

[muert0]

No problem and good luck with your quest for knowledge I'm just starting to learn C++, haven't gotten to far though still having compiler problems.

[Soda_Popinsky]

Dev C++ is a free favorite of mine muert0, check it out at download.com

[muert0]

It's for windows. I'm on linux. Once I get my laptop working I'll have windows up. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[mjk]

It's for windows. I'm on linux. Once I get my laptop working I'll have windows up. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Linux? g++ doesn't work? It always works for me... For example, if you have a file test.cpp just run: g++ test.cpp -o test

I think that should work then just run test.

Do you have any experience programming in ASM? If so, what assembler do you use?

Thanks for the replies so far

mjk

[muert0]

No I don't have any ASM exp.
And when I try to run hello world! in g++ I get a whole list of errors. I think I just need to update to the new version and make sure all the libraries are installed, but I work so much hard to find time to do it.

[cgkanchi]

Muert0, what errors are you getting. g++ shouldn't give you any problems.

Cheers,
cgkanchi

[mjk]

My assembly thread has been taken over by C++!!!!!

C++ = evil



mjk