Gink

I downloaded an e-book called The Art of Assembly. Is this a good book for learning assembly? I noticed that it says high level assembly, is it worth using over just regular assembly?

Ooble

Apparently it's very good. I'm thinking of buying myself a copy - if you could let me know what you think of it, I'd be very grateful.

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Gink

I read the first 30-40 pages or so and the HLA stuff is pretty simple. Some of the book lacks explanation but can be googled, it brings up things like the EFLAGS register and then doesnt tell you what it is or what it does.

I wasnt sure if this was worth learning though. What is the difference, performance wise, between HLA and pure assembly?

Here is a link to the site I downloaded it from
http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/AoA/Windows/index.html

Mjordan2nd

Art of Assembly is supposed to be an exceptional book. HLA -- I'm not big on that, but if you're thinking about creating something big in Assembly I'm sure it would be good.

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