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Cp-Coder9-Dec-19 4:33

9-Dec-19 4:33

Thanks! Kip Irvine's book is on order, thanks. Smile | :)

modified 9-Dec-19 18:54pm.

bfi679-Dec-19 5:24

bfi67

9-Dec-19 5:24

If you are used to Visual Studio you can check out this link in Microsoft docs:
MASM for x64 (ml64.exe) | Microsoft Docs

And for the instructions set, the Intel documentation described in a previous reply is very helpful.

Cp-Coder9-Dec-19 12:49

9-Dec-19 12:49

Noted! Thanks! And yes: I am very familiar with VS. Have used every version from 2010 (which cost me $500!) through 2012 (another $500 Sigh | :sigh:

) to 2019 CE, which is free.

Thanks MS! I for one appreciate what you do for me! A free upgrade to Windows 10 on all my family's machines, and the world's premier IDE free of charge. Big Grin | :-D

modified 9-Dec-19 18:56pm.

Stuart Dootson9-Dec-19 5:27

Stuart Dootson

9-Dec-19 5:27

I'll second the suggestion to use WSL - I do cross-platform (Linux/Windows) C++ development & use a Windows 10 laptop with a WSL Ubuntu 18.04 installation, and I wouldn't want to work any other way. I use Ubuntu bash as my main shell. I can invoke both Windows and Linux executables from that shell. I use Visual Studio Code as my editor, and can either interact with Windows tools, or Linux ones if I use the Remote-WSL extension.

If you use WSL1, you're using the Windows kernel through a translation layer, while WSL2 uses a lightweight VM with a Linux kernel - oh, and you can switch between WSL1 and 2 at will... In either case, your userspace experience should be pretty much the same...

Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

Cp-Coder9-Dec-19 12:45

9-Dec-19 12:45

Ugh! I will keep your suggestion on the back burner, but quite frankly, I will lie if I tell you I understood every word you wrote. Note: The problem is my comprehension, not your suggestion! Smile | :)

I just have to read your posting a few more times.

And: I have already downloaded the iso for Ubuntu (version 19 something). So I am ready to go the Ubuntu route if needed.

Zuoliu Ding9-Dec-19 6:47

Zuoliu Ding

9-Dec-19 6:47

Try to take a look at this book "Assembly Language for x86 Processors", http://kipirvine.com/asm/ that is Windows and Visual Studio based textbook. Although it titled as x86 (32-bit) because of its history reason, it actually gives 64-bit assembly description almost at each chapter end. You also can find author's x64 libraries and practice 64-bit programming with VS. I am teaching ASM with this book for years and think it really a nice learning environment there.

Cp-Coder9-Dec-19 12:38

9-Dec-19 12:38

Been there. Done ordering the book. It arrives next week. Thanks! Smile | :)

By the way: I see references to Kip's book all over the Internet. Very promising!

Dan Sutton9-Dec-19 6:50

Dan Sutton

9-Dec-19 6:50

If you don't have the energy for assembly language and Linux, that's because of Linux. Throw it away. Actually, throw it away even if you decide not to learn assembly language.

Cp-Coder9-Dec-19 12:36

9-Dec-19 12:36

I am going to start out with pure Windows Assembler. If I find that was a mistake, I will try Ubuntu. Smile | :)

mwindham09-Dec-19 8:00

mwindham0

9-Dec-19 8:00

I liked https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484240625

Cp-Coder9-Dec-19 12:34

9-Dec-19 12:34

It looked promising. It arrived today! Thanks. Smile | :)

Cp-Coder9-Dec-19 9:02

9-Dec-19 9:02

Thanks to all who have replied. Much appreciated! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Member 38691199-Dec-19 22:40

Member 3869119

9-Dec-19 22:40

I use Easycode (www.easycode.cat) with GoAsm

henrin10-Dec-19 0:00

henrin

10-Dec-19 0:00

I started a long time ago with 8048, 8080, TMS9900 and even DSP assembler.
Few years ago, I was doing signal processing for telecommunications. To optimize a major function I used assembly langage with SSE instructions.
My tools were :
- PellesC IDE (C, assembly)
- the Intel documentation
That was for x86 (32-bits) ; the C code could include assembly instructions.
The debugger can step through C or assembly code with access to the internal registers.
For AMD64, the assembly code must be handled separately ; that is a good choice.

That's my experience.
Good luck !

Henri

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OriginalGriff6-Dec-19 4:45

OriginalGriff

6-Dec-19 4:45

Is a thieving Alligator a Crookodile?

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littleGreenDude6-Dec-19 4:58

littleGreenDude

6-Dec-19 4:58

I don't know, perhaps we should have an investi-GATOR look in to it.

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lopatir6-Dec-19 5:11

lopatir

6-Dec-19 5:11

sounds like a load of croc to me

this internet has become nothing but fake news.
... time to fix it, time to get back to the fax!

OriginalGriff6-Dec-19 5:15

OriginalGriff

6-Dec-19 5:15

A "croc of sh*t", possibly!

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