assembler is almost as fun
19 months ago
as circuit design, which is like vivisection for programmers (without any creature suffering, of course).
How to learn assembly
It made me
Satisfied 
"Like LEGO, it is a lot of fun to see what large things you can build with small building blocks."
How I did it: I learned PowerPC assembly by reading some Mac OSX reverse engineering web sites and figured things out on my own.
It was helpful to have some "crackme" programs to work on so that I had a goal while looking at disassembled code.
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Untitled
23 months ago
I used to program MOS 6502 chips back in the day using byte level assembly language. It was really cool to have such direct control over a computer but not really useful—I could make two floppy drives motors “sing”, or turn the keyboard into a crude electronic organ..but why?
Yes, it’s worth doing, but only for really simple tasks at a really basic level.
beep
2 years ago
i managed to get my computer to do this using this the other day.
Some guy on their message board posted a 64-bit neural network.
Sigh.
A beautiful langauge
2 years ago
The Assembly language is beautiful in it’s simplicity and raw power. Knowing it can give one a greater understanding of the reality that is going on in the silicon world below. Others find it an archaic tool, I find it an art form.
You can get started with Assembly with helpful guides all over the internet. I would recommend starting by learning a higher-level language and using ‘inlining’ so you can see the differences between the two languages. C would be a great foundation, and is still my favorite to this day.
Beginning
3 years ago
It’s quite hard to start with this language, first there is a question which syntax, and which compiler, because almost every compiler has got a different syntax and maybe even rules, I have started with GNU asm under Linux, I have also read a couple of pages about Intel asm and I was sow lost, I didn’t get a clue what was those books talking about and those 4 Intel books have about 3000 pages, and I don’t know what will be now because 2 or more and 64 bit cores.
