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General => The Campus => Topic started by: Petra93 on May 12, 2016, 05:24:08 AM

Title: Moving from 16-bit to 32-bit programming
Post by: Petra93 on May 12, 2016, 05:24:08 AM
Hello, all,

For a few years I have been writing 16-bit code, using the TextPad editor, and now I would like to
get into 32-bit programming. My main interest is integer arithmetic, particularly prime numbers.

I need a recommendation for a textbook, and a recommendation for a text editor that can deal with
32-bit programs; something similar to TextPad, I suppose.

Thanks.

Michael
Title: Re: Moving from 16-bit to 32-bit programming
Post by: Zen on May 12, 2016, 06:24:03 AM
MICHAEL,
The code editor that Hutch supplies with the MASM32 Project (Quick Editor) is excellent. :bgrin:
As far as a text book goes,...there's really nothing out there except, Assembly Language for x86 Processors, 7th Edition, by Kip Irvine, 2014 (http://kipirvine.com/asm/). This edition is a great improvement over previous editions, but, it still has problems. You're better off reading the Intel Software Developer Manuals: Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer Manuals (http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html), and, of course, reading through the source code that comes with the MASM32 Project, Version 11.
...As an alternative code editor, there's: JOCHEN's,  A Guide to the RichMasm Editor (http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=5314.0). JOCHEN is a very accomplished assembly language programmer, but, in all honesty, he causes my brain to hemorrhage,...:bgrin:
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