<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>You can always add in assembly as a "blob" when linking in using gcc. <br><br></div>see:<br><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/GCC-Inline-Assembly-HOWTO.html">http://www.ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/GCC-Inline-Assembly-HOWTO.html</a><br>
</div>Basically, any compiled code can have assembly added for ultra-fine tuning.<br><br></div>not that I want to do any of that :-)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com" target="_blank">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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I haven't programmed any assembly language since college 27 years ago. That was 6502 assembly, and we had to build and program something similar to the controller in a microwave oven.<br>
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For some reason, I find myself gravitating to wanting to try assembly again. I don't have any delusions about doing massive projects or becoming employed with it. It's more of an intellectual curiosity thing.<br>
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So, I had a few questions.<br>
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Have any of you worked with Intel x86 32 bit assembly on Linux? How about 64 bit?<br>
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Is anyone familiar with HLA, or High Level Assembly, which uses macros (I think) to support constructs like if/then, while, etc? This is in a book I may buy.<br>
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What would be necessary to use assembly in Linux (Mint / Ubuntu)? What about HLA?<br>
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Can you even truly run assembly on a modern OS? IE, can you even get access to the registers, etc?<br>
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What would be a good way to learn it?<br>
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None of this is critical, but I thought it would make for interesting discussion. I cannot say how far I'll end up pursuing this, but I'm threatening to buy this book, which I've been eyeing for a while.<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Assembly-Language-Randall-Hyde/dp/1593272073" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Art-Assembly-Language-Randall-Hyde/dp/1593272073</a><br>
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The Art of Assembly Language<br>
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Any help is always appreciated.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Ron<br>
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