5 May
2007
5 May
'07
4:50 p.m.
On 5 May 2007 at 9:17, Chris M wrote:
part of a lot. The edition I learnt assembler on was
blue, this one is red. Not sure if they're different
editions (the 1st would be ideal), but this one is
probably early enough to be as useful. A tried and
true text IMHO. I had tried others, but they all stunk
by comparison.
"IBM PC Assembly Language and Programming" by Peter Abel $87.20 at
Amazon, discounted from $102. Given the price, this sounds like a
textbook.
Obviously, one of the Amazon.com reviewers doesn't share your view:
"It is, bar none, the single worst computer language and programming
resource I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. Not only does
it lack critical details about methodology, it fails to include
comprehensible explanations about the examples already provided. If
it were simply that it was incomprehensible it might still be
acceptable as a resource later on when clearer and more concise means
of learning the subject are used. But this book contains more out and
out flaws than the Beta release of Windows XP."
I'm not in a position to comment on texts on assembly programming,
never having owned one myself. I've always used the reference
manuals for the computer system I was working with to learn it--
which, IMOHO, is the best way to get an in-depth understanding of how
to program a machine.
Cheers,
Chuck