On Jun 12, 2005, at 4:33 AM, dave.w.turner@gmail.com wrote:

> when working on computer programs (i.e. x86), I always use C or
> visual basic - I have never found a good reference for 32bit assembler.
>
Really?  The x86 is quite pleasant to program in assembler, and I didn't
think there was any shortage of applicable books.  (Hmm.  Interesting
thought for intel: embedded x86; not like their x186, but with included
ram and flash and "useful" microcontroller peripherals...)  It does have
the usual CISC issues - too many instructions that can be used to do the
same thing; just the thing to make an assembler programmer feel like 
they're
really making useful decisions that a compiler wouldn't...

OTOH, a modern windows GUI program is more about setting up big data
structures as arguments to arcane library and OS functions.  The sort
of thing that is inconvenient and annoying to do in assembler, and not
worth the effort.  Also, I don't know if I've ever seen a reference for
the windows OS API (as opposed to the standard library APIs...)

BillW
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