I've encounter some interesting comments lately that are remotely related to assembly programming. The first is in this months "Linux Format" magazine. I'm...
... Hi Jeff, I agree with the 'Bloat' comment, one of the reasons I chose Assembler rather than C/C++. As for the rest of the anti-assembler half-wits, let 'em...
... Yes, I hope we can get more developers interested in assembler and start optimizing the libraries. My system has a huge collection of libraries and most...
... Hi Jeff, I must say, the interactive tutorial sounds VERY interesting. It would take a brave soul to take it on, though. I'm sure it would help a LOT of...
I've been thinking about writting a tutorial and how to make it interactive. It looks doable but feedback on some features would be helpful. The current...
I've put an alpha version of the nasm assembler source generator (asmsrc-0.9.13.tar.gz) at: http://members.save-net.com/jko%40save-net.com/asm This program...
hi I've found a bug in asmplan when you parse environment variables HOME is unproperly recognized when I have JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java asmplan assumes that my...
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... Hi Quasar, This should be easy to fix. I should have a new version of AsmPlan available in a few days. There are a few other bugs that also need some...
Release notice ... The AsmIDE files have been updated. This includes the following: AsmPlan - fixed several bugs Ainfo - new program to view .info files ...
I've put an alpha version of Asmfile on my web page along with some fixes for Ainfo and AsmMgr http://members.save-net.com/jko%40save-net.com/asm AsmFile is a...
Hi all, The web page (see below) has been updated and a new program added. AsmLib now has over 300 functions and many bugs have been fixed. In a few day...
Hi all, The AsmIDE project has released a snapshot of current progress. changes include: * AsmNano, a new editor * AsmLib expanded to over 300 functions *...
Hi All, The puzzle page has had some activity and was revised. Several people attempted "classical puzzle #1" and got confused. I've added some more notes and...
Hi All, Thanks to who ever posted the web page to alt.lang.asm. I'm not on the list but did get a copy of a post from Mark LInder with possible solutions to...
Hi All, This is a collection of comments. AsmLib Anyone using the new memory manager may want to get a newer version. It has been redesigned and is faster and...
... Hi Cseke, The puzzle says to set "eax" to 5, not "al". High bits of eax could be just about anything and you are only setting the low 8 bits. I guess,...
... If there are lots of jumps and one doesn't mind sparing more space than needed, jump tables can be built and xlat, xlatw can be made use of - making entire...
The following is a discussion of the first short puzzle on web page. The initial code looked like this: Note: Different fonts result in different spacing so...
jeff wrote: ... No need to accept Nasm's brain-dead default of using 4 bytes to store 5! We can at least ask for the signed-byte form of the instruction. "cmp ...
So... It appears very few programmers know about this trick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xor_linked_list That is a hint for solving one of the puzzles. all...
For the last year I've been looking for a way to control windows while running under X. This is a big issue with designing a debugger, because you want to...
Hi All, I've started writing some short articles on optimization for the opinion section of web page. They start out with a overview and touch on assembler in...
Hi all, No one commented on my window puzzle, so here is the answer. If you see errors or have questions, fire away. If this looks good I'll add it to the...
The Desktop Assembler web page has been updated with a few new programs. Everything is alpha so expect a few bugs. The new programs include: AsmDis - a...
The AsmSrc program is now complete and a alpha copy will be available soon. This is a complete rewrite and does not resemble the old AsmSrc program. Currently...
The list of debuggers for Linux assembly has now grown to 4 or possibly 5. I think this is good news for assembly programming. Here is my list of debuggers: ...