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Mad_guy · Feb 24th, 2005, 7:33 PM

Yeah, well, recently I decided to switch off my old Assembler, Emu8086, and try another Assembler.
Since I'm on a Win32 machine, most people recommend MASM32, but a lot of people have also recommended NASM, which is more suited for *Nix systems.

I was just wondering which I should probably use. I know I can use Masm32 without the standard includes (because I like to see what's going on at the time of programming, and I like the style) but I don't know where to go, because Masm shouldn't use INTs and I should instead use the Win32 API, which I don't really know how to manipulate that well. Since Emu adapted me to INTs and Nasm uses them while Masm does not.

I was just wondering: Which should I use? Masm or Nasm?

Feb 24th, 2005, 7:33 PM	#1
Mad_guy Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sandstorm, Techno Club Posts: 239 Rep Power: 5	Choosing an Assembler Yeah, well, recently I decided to switch off my old Assembler, Emu8086, and try another Assembler. Since I'm on a Win32 machine, most people recommend MASM32, but a lot of people have also recommended NASM, which is more suited for *Nix systems. I was just wondering which I should probably use. I know I can use Masm32 without the standard includes (because I like to see what's going on at the time of programming, and I like the style) but I don't know where to go, because Masm shouldn't use INTs and I should instead use the Win32 API, which I don't really know how to manipulate that well. Since Emu adapted me to INTs and Nasm uses them while Masm does not. I was just wondering: Which should I use? Masm or Nasm?