Message-ID: <35C7FE75.59331DBF@ilos.net> From: corvus MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: should i bother learning asm?? or just learn dx? References: <35c89a70 DOT 1395680 AT newsreader DOT 2xtreme DOT net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 23 Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 06:43:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 217-cy-wpg.ilos.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 01:43:20 CDT Organization: MBnet Networking Inc. To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk 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.