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At some point hitherto, Benjamin Scott hath spake thusly:
> 
> [Warning: Long and only vaguely on-topic post ahead.  Proceed with caution.]
> 
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Derek D. Martin wrote:
> > Anyone know any good resources for x86 assembly in a Linux environment?
> > Most of the stuff I've seen deals with MASM, which isn't terribly useful
> > to me.
> 
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Derek D. Martin wrote:
> > ... want a better familiarity with assembly, and the x86 architecture ...
> 
>   I suspect this is going to open up a can of worms, but you might actually
> be better off with MASM and a MS-DOS machine, then.  (I imagine OpenDOS or
> FreeDOS and TASM would work just as well, if not better.)

Ok, so another question: Anyone ever use NASM?  Is there a DOS version
as well as a Linux one?  Anyone know if there is a free assembler that
has both?

I might also mention here that I'm NOT a complete newbie to assembly.
I've written some 6502 machine language BY HAND (i.e. poking the
opcodes into memory and calling them), and I've done a little bit of
MIPS assembly using SPIM in an architecture class I took not too long
ago, as well as written some fairly trivial 16-bit assembly programs
with MASM a few years back.

None of this was terribly substantial.  I'm looking to get a somewhat
more in-depth understanding, but not necessarily an expertise, in x86
assembly.  

I will say that one of my most rewarding feelings came from writing a
(roughly) 75-line MIPS assembly program and having it work the first
time.  Though some will think me masochistic, I actually kinda like
assembly.  Though I doubt I'd ever use it for any serious work!  ;-)

> [2] I was young and stupid.[3]
> [3] No guarantees either condition has terminated.

Heh...

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