12 replies to this topic

[dirkfirst]

I'd like to learn basic assembly. Where/what is the best place to start?

[WingedPanther]

I'd get an assembly compiler and it's documentation.. they vary a little bit from compiler to compiler.

[Ronin]

Or just search on google for a tutorial.

[kromagnon]

First you need to decide what architecture you will be coding for. I reccommend x86

[dirkfirst]

What is the difference in architecture kromagnon? How many different types are there?

[kromagnon]

Well x86 is the big one, there is also x86-64(AMD 64 bit processors) , EM64T(For the newest intel processors) IA-64(For the 64 bit intel Itaniums)
I can't really think of anymore new ones. I learned assembly on MIPS, but that's so old it's useless

[WingedPanther]

Assembly basicly makes you do everything by hand. You have great power, and very little help.

[TkTech]

Assembly is very tiring, and reuires patience and a good memory. It will however, give you streamlined performance, optimizable to the extreme, as well as providing you with direct access to you hardware. If you have time to spare, Assembler nowadays is good only as a hooby, at least for general programming. OS dev, High-performance games, and hardware diagnostics all require assembly, but not much else does.

[TcM]

Hmm Assembley is hard $hit ey?

[WingedPanther]

Let me put it this way: I know there are a lot of people who prefer VB over C++ because C++ has "cryptic syntax" and "doesn't provide functionality". C++ people would tend to say the same things about Assembly.