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Summary: Get the book for the Assembler
Review: I have to agree with James L. Johnson in that this book has many mistakes, and would recommend "Peter Norton's Guide to Assembly Language for the PC". Although the price is a bit steep for an assembler, it might be worth getting as this is the only book that comes with a so-called free assembler.One more reason why this book is not worth getting, is that you have to use the Author's own library files to get some examples working which is not a way to learn Assembly. I must say if you do not want to spend any money on learning assembly language. check out the author's webpage, he has some great links to Assembly Language Tutorials and Resources.
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Summary: Does NOT Make The Grade
Review: I have recently completed a university course in Assembly Language programming. The instructor opted to use this book as the text for the course. First, the book is riddled with typos that are serious errors which can confuse a student into a state of mindless frustration. I would like to write a lengthy review, but for the sake of brevity, I can tell all in the few words that follow. In short, I shelved the book during the duration of the course and read "Peter Norton's Assembly Language Guide." I received a 4.0 (A) in the course which others who continued using the Irvine book struggled to make a passing mark. If all the errors are corrected in the text, this might be a worthwhile reference, but as it stands, it's more damaging than helpful. No offense intended for the author, just a bit of constructive criticism.
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Summary: bACK tO dA rOOTZ
Review: hEY dUDES ,aSM 4 lIVE ! tHIS iS a gREAT 32 bIT aSM bOOK ,tHAT sHOW's yOU hoW tO cODE tHE oLD wAY! aSM iS pOWER,sPEED,pERFECTION .... gREETZ fLEW oUT tO cASCADA,dYNASTY,hYBRID aND aLL tHE oTHER oLDSCHOOL'eRS oUT tHERE .c16/62 4lIVE!
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Summary: Heavy On DOS, But Still A Good Starter Book
Review: This is a good starter book, but recognize that it focuses on DOS and does not "thoroughly cover assembly language for Intel-based computers" as the back jacket claims. No reasonably-sized book could do that. The book description states that it is "Designed for students and professionals interested in learning the basics of operating systems and architecture in the context of a microprocessor." Although the book covers some of the critical topics necessary for operating systems programming on the Intel Architecture, e.g. I/O, segmentation, interrupts, it fails to do so adequately, and it omits discussion of protection, paging, and privileged mode instructions, to name three among many. I grant that you could learn enough to understand the basics of real-mode DOS, but not any of the Windows flavors, OS/2, nor the varieties of Minix/Linux. That being said, it *is* a good book to learn Intel assembly from, and if you want to do OS programming then get the manuals from Intel's web site (downloadable in .pdf form). You may still find the DOS focus distracting, but you'll have everything you need. ... and don't think you'll find it all in one book. Intel's manuals alone are over 1500 pages.
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Summary: Good Starter Textbook
Review: This was the second textbook on Assembly Language that I have used in college, and it is definitely above average. There are a lot of examples given, and the chapters are grouped fairly well. The author gives a short tutorial on how to use both the Microsoft MASM and Borland TASM compilers and debuggers, as well as a decent include library to use. He starts with the basics, and moves into database manipulation. A good book overall.
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Summary: Great !
Review: I loved this book. I had already done some high level programming and this just came in beautifully. Small problems such as "But why does it do that?" or "How can it go faster?" are answered. If you are interested in the founding of computers, go for it!
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Summary: Great book, but...
Review: I would like to point out the fact that MASM 6.1x can be downloaded for free from Microsoft and other sources on the internet. Don't buy the book just because it has the assembler.
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Summary: A great reference for the CPU and ASM
Review: I've been programming in high-level languages for a number of years and this book took the little bits of knowledge I had of hardware and other obscurities and put them all together. Not only is it a great reference for ASM, but a gives an unparallelled understanding of the CPU. The only problem I had as a novice Assembly programmer was the few code mistakes and Irvine assumed that the reader knew a little too much in the first couple of chapters.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: Masm aside, this book has good content. If your already a fairly seasoned assembly programmer, you`ll know alot of this book, but for someone starting in assembly language it covers alot of fundamental details which I feel other books on the subject lack. And yes, just like every other programming book it comes with an ASCII chart in the back, you can never have too many ASCII charts. I wish this was the assembly book I started with.
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Summary: Good!!!
Review: *A book of real merit!!! (1).Clear definition (2).comprehensive expression :I am a korean Student (3). many apt examples
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