Professional assembly language

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I recently decided I wanted to learn assembly language. So far I haven't started but I spent an hour or two perusing books on assembly language on Amazon, reading product descriptions and users' reviews, and I decided to start from this one: http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Assembly-Language-Program... The reasons I chose it are (1) It's introductory, i.e., a good first book for a complete noob. (2) It's very Linux-centric. Most good books on assembly language assume you use Windows or even DOS it seems. (3) One of the reviews says, "you will get a good workout using the gdb debugger." Sounds like fun.

OK. Depending on your programming background you're facing a steep learning curve. That's why I recommend a bottom up approach for you. First read "Code" by Charles Petzold. This book will get you "in the mood" and in the right frame of mind: http://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Softwa... Then I suggest you pick up a good book on Assembler. This might be a good choice: http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Assembly-Language-Program... Start writing some drivers for Linux. Like a memdrive or something. Do it all in Assembler! Oh, you need to read other books on how to do this... Then pick up the K&R book on C. Now write your memdrive driver in C. That should get you started. I think it will take you at least up to two years before you're passed the learning curve and to be comfortable with this level of programming. Oh, you n…