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From:	corvus <corvus AT ilos DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: should i bother learning asm?? or just learn dx?
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Date:	Wed, 05 Aug 1998 06:43:20 GMT
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I think It's a Good Idea to learn ASM...People say it's dying but I don't
think it will ever die...Even in Winblows it's useful for speeding up
certain procedures...If you use djgpp however, you will have to learn AT&T
ASM, Which is less widely used than Intel.  My suggestion for you (if you
choose to take the steep learning curve to assembly language) is to learn
Intel ASM first (because there are a great deal more books published using
Intel ASM than AT&T)  or use nasm.  In either case I have just noticed
that this is slightly (or maybe a lot) off topic for this newsgroup.  So
Goodbye and have a nice day.  :-)

Corvus.


crazyfoo AT work DOT com wrote:

> I just started reading The PC Assmbler Tutor and am wondering if it is
> going to be something I will really benefit from. My goal is to
> eventually right a 2d engine and climb from there. I also have Tricks
> Of The Game Programming Guru's which starts out with asm stuff. I am
> interested in your opinions. Thanks.

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