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Assembly Language Step-by-step: Programming with DOS and Linux (with CD-ROM)
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Author: Jeff Duntemann
List Price: $55.00
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ISBN: 0471375233
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (24 May, 2000)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 27,142
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Good Intro
This book filled in a lot of gaps in my knowledge about computers in general as well as introducing me to the world of assembly language. I didn't know how much I didn't know until I read this text. The book is enjoyable and easy to read. If I had it to do over again, this is probably the first computer programming book I would read. The author really explains the concepts in simple terms that are easy for even a novice to understand. I found parts of the book moving along a bit slowly for my taste, but I was certainly able to reatin all the knowlege. The first 150-200 pages is mostly background. I found some useful morsels of information through these sections, although I was able to read through them quite quickly. Then there's about 200 pages on assembling for DOS and another 120 pages on assembling for LINUX. All parts of the book are relevant to each other. If you are new to assembly, or want to fill in some gaps in you knowlege this is a great book to start with. If you have programmed in assembly before, you will probably be disappointed with this book.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Good teacher, but not up to date
If you have found other assebler books hard to understand, this is something to you. Duntemann could teach even an ape to write an assebler program.Unfortunately there is too much about DOS and 16-bit segmented mode. More about Linux, please. Assembler in Windows isn't so difficult that Duntemann claims. It is very pleasant book to read and it catches your attention in very rare way.
Rating: 4 out of 5
A Great Starter for Assembly Language
Learning assembly language for the first time is often a harrowing experience. It can be greatly worse if you are trying to learn it on your own. For those of you who are trying to do just that with x86 assembler, this is a great starting point. This text opens by covering the basics of arcitecture as well as binary and hexadecimal, giving the future assembly programmer a background in the all-important workings of the computer. While far from a thorough approach of x86 assembly, this book is one of the best introductions possible for independently learning low-level programming.For beginners in low-level programming, I give this 5 stars. For those with previous (non-x86) low-level programming experience, I give this 3 stars (due to its treatment of rudimentary subjects with which they would already be familiar). This text is not recommended for individuals who have had x86 programming experience unless it is to be used as a quick "refresher" on the basics. A suggested follow-up text for this is Peter Abel's IBM PC Assembly Language and Programming (5th Edition).
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