Re: Linux&Dos assmebler
mike shupp wrote:
>
> On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Alexander Gutfraind wrote:
> > Hello fellows!
> > I was thinking about learning assembler, but there is a problem.
> > I heard about DOS interrupts, which I guess work only in DOS.
> > Which I guess means that if I buy a book about x86 assembler,
> > and it speak a lot about that interrupt things,
> > I have a fair chance it wouldn't work in Linux, is that right?
> > Maybe in that case, there are "Linux x86 assembler" books?
>
> An assembler is supplied as part of the GNU C compiler (gcc and
> g77, the fortran compiler, both provide output which is assembled
> by it, rather than going directly from source code to machine
> language). You might also look at NASM, version 0.97, which is
> part of the distribution.
If coming from the DOS/Win world, *definitely* look at NASM.
When you've got it installed, read the docs in '/usr/doc/nasm/'.
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Ed C.
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