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Other Discussion / NASM or YASM in the modern era (or something else)
« Last post by decuser on February 03, 2024, 08:58:28 PM »Hi all,
Longtime listener, first time caller...
I'm learning assembly on my whiz-bang MX-Linux 23-2 "Libretto" machine w/Intel i7-3770. I have dabbled, but now I'm quite serious. As it turns out, there appear to be many choices as to what assembler to use. The text I've chosen to start with "x86-64 Assembly Language Programming with Ubuntu" by Ed Jorgensen, available at http://www.egr.unlv.edu/~ed/assembly64.pdf favors yasm and ddd as the toolchain. They work on MX-Linux and that's great, but I don't want to spend a lot of time with a toolchain that I may not settle on. So, before I go too far, I figure I'll ask the experts (y'all)...
Are either NASM or YASM good choices for the assembler, here in 2024, or should I be looking elsewhere? Are either or another actively developed/maintained? What resources do you recommend for the 2024 beginner/intermediate learner?
Thx!
Longtime listener, first time caller...
I'm learning assembly on my whiz-bang MX-Linux 23-2 "Libretto" machine w/Intel i7-3770. I have dabbled, but now I'm quite serious. As it turns out, there appear to be many choices as to what assembler to use. The text I've chosen to start with "x86-64 Assembly Language Programming with Ubuntu" by Ed Jorgensen, available at http://www.egr.unlv.edu/~ed/assembly64.pdf favors yasm and ddd as the toolchain. They work on MX-Linux and that's great, but I don't want to spend a lot of time with a toolchain that I may not settle on. So, before I go too far, I figure I'll ask the experts (y'all)...
Are either NASM or YASM good choices for the assembler, here in 2024, or should I be looking elsewhere? Are either or another actively developed/maintained? What resources do you recommend for the 2024 beginner/intermediate learner?
Thx!