How Do I Learn Assembly?

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[@shanehebert396]

We used to call C "High Level Assembly".

[@zFede_Rico]

i started programming in assembly to learn it and now i get why people say this

[@KanjiCoder_RTFM]

I've been coding C since 2020 and still don't know assembly .

[@somebody-anonymous]

I heard portable assembly

[@CallousCoder]

I have 5 or 6 episodes on ARM64 assembly where we even end up doing GPIO on the pi, for those who are interested

[@mr.incognito4640]

Where?

[@CallousCoder]

@@mr.incognito4640 on my channel there’s a play list.

[@imperim]

send

[@CallousCoder]

@@imperim have fun.

[@imperim]

@@CallousCoder where?

[@coolbrotherf127]

I started with 32bit ARM Assembly for raspberry Pi CPUs. The architecture is a bit more beginner friendly compared to standard x86 assembly. Great way to also learn how to use the Linux command line as well.

[@rviewer7452]

Same, that is what they used in my Computer architecture class

[@davep8221]

I love that architecture. I began programming way too long ago. No superscalar, 0 depth pipelines, etc. When I saw the conditional execution instructions and realized how MFing brilliant they were, it put a smile on my face. The FIQs are brilliant, and on the SOC I used, the MMU design was optimized for so many situations, yet simple to use. I'd never done actual MMU programming, but ARM made it easy.

[@AndrewMilesMurphy]

Assembly and any references to the stack ALWAYS make me feel like I’ve eaten an entire tube of off-brand Pringles and am now suffering digestive trauma to my esophagus.

[@mayapankhaj9124]

Glad someone feels the same

[@FrozenKnight21]

I learnt ASM through online tutorials. It was fun, it was even more fun learning how to count cpu clock cycles, and eventually how to compleatly ignore ebp based stack frames.

[@AK-hw9ij]

I don’t know why your channel isn’t gigantic. I’m confident it will be one day. I beg you, never stop.

[@BigTurtleMane]

I learned with “Assembly Language Step-by-Step” over Christmas break one year when I was like 19. I felt so 1337 😂

[@steamrangercomputing]

I did the opposite. I learnt to code in assembly on the Amiga and then tried to make a large project, thought "This is shit", and moved to an optimising C compiler.

[@skryfall]

I learned assembly by doing my own ISA and creating a custom processor in Verilog. I honestly believe that while it isn't the most optimal way to learn, you will learn a lot.

[@nolanrata7537]

I learned x86 assembly by writing a bootloader that can read and load an ELF kernel from an ext2 partition, it was a lot of pain but also a lot of fun!

[@6srer]

I want to understand computers like this guy, #lowlevel learning 🎉

[@kcvinu]

I started coding as a hobby in 2014 and only last week I learned the difference between malloc and calloc. Because, I have been playing with language with GC all these years.

[@6srer]

@@kcvinu 🤣🤣🤣oh, there's also realloc.

[@6srer]

@@kcvinu Everyday we learn something new ✊

[@kcvinu]

@@6srer Yeah

[@squid13579]

start with sasm( ide for assembly), ida free ( to view in graphs xrefs , imports )and tools like objdump and readelf ( to understand got, ptl .rodata , understand linkers and lazy and dynamic binding , and other crazy stuffs..) 😂.

[@ibi3846]

Just learn beta assembly with MIT course as an introduction (course is free on the net). Then code a compiler from any source to beta uasm. Then learn classic assembly. At this point, ur top 0.01% of programmer in terms of deep understanding and C has even become easy !

[@davidgari3240]

if you know some C, then this is good advice because you can see how C works. If not, then a good simple assembler/disassembler for your favorite CPU is the best way. You are learning assembly for a reason: to become intimate with that and only that one CPU. You have to crawl (through broken glass) before you can walk. Take some electronics courses too, if you want to code bare metal. Performance benefits of machine code are diminishing as I write this. There was a time when computers waited for us. Now we wait for them. Soon they will be telling us what to do.

[@mayapankhaj9124]

You sound like a philosopher. We need more like you in the field. I trust you and your expertise. Any concrete tools I can start with?

[@davep8221]

Now use -O3 on a moderately complex program. IIR, strcmp() is so optimized (and inlined) that the asm is almost unrecognizable. Some things will use SIMD instructions (if available).

[@_____MMM]

I did the opposite, I wanted to learn C, so I started with Assembly. I had a verry hard time learning C even tho I had years of experience in programming (High level languages), but ASM was much easier.

[@koiledPythonRain]

: 💀

[@baranjan6969]

Lmao same happened I failed to learn C after python so learned assembly then C and now I can't write python codr anymore

[@BigTurtleMane]

@@baranjan6969😅

[@wil-fri]

I started with C and Visual Basic 😅. That helped me a lot 😊

[@MikhailFederov]

Respectfully I disagree. The best way to learn assembly is to painfully program in assembly. I had an architecture class in college that only allow us to write in x86-except for the last project. That was intentional as it showed how how grateful we were to have the abstractions afforded to us by C, after a semester-long drought of not being able to write even a single if statement

[@PlayBASIC-Developer]

To kick start learning Assembly today, get into retro emulation. Amiga/Atari St/Classic Mac for 68000 or even DosBox for classic 286/386/486 etc .. easy and safe !

[@mayapankhaj9124]

Sounds golden. Thank you

[@xerathgaming1915]

ive been coding in c and limiting myself to syscalls and malloc and slowly building myself a library. im currently trying to recreate printf, its really fun tbh

[@missquprison]

@@xerathgaming1915 when are you making your own temple OS?

[@user-gn1em4ly4b]

Is ARM a good platform to start learning Assembly?

[@azhagurajaallinall126]

"This is the for loop" nice Have to try for the golden classic "hello world",then start off with simple "compare programs" to learn 😊(thats a good way) Have to learn how to make a compiler more over,internet is wretched,to find right resources,filled with scraps,manipulations like some kinda misbelief,mlm network or so,whatever Thank you Wish all be well 😃🌟✨🙌 04.02.2024 06:26 pm ist (43rd comment,3.2k+ likes,59,266+1views)

[@georgehelyar]

It's all fun and games until every instruction is relative to the current location

[@Bharath-sf9ch]

Which assembly architecture i choose to learn as a beginner? Someone said lc-3 etc..

[@AdiVarshney-f6i]

Wait what is the reason that people learn assembly or like what’s the benefit? Can’t most high level languages(like java or cpp) provide everything that a typical modern programmer needs(like for jobs or other coming use cases for programming and cs)?

[@joshuathomas512]

Cosworth getting all the business

[@ercntreras]

Once you realize that everything wasn't so hard once you dedicated the time to learn it

[@tlhIngan]

Ah ARM assembly.... Though I think this code is a bit too little to determine if it's AArch32 or AArch64. There are subtle differences between the two, mostly in system level code, but a few drop in user code too.

[@jakubkucera1973]

It's actually more important to be able to read assembly than to actually write it

[@GavHern]

honestly if you have never worked in assembly at all i wouldn’t recommend this. maybe after a few starter assembly projects

[@D0J0P]

When I learn programming, I will start with C, then probably Assembly afterwards.

[@daanhoek1818]

Not only that, but the best way to *write* assembly is also by writing C code!

[@cerberusrap]

I tried that way but didn't work for me. I dived into books.

[@seeker4430]

But how do I view the assembly after compiling C code?

[@kwazar6725]

Write ur own Assembler, disassember, compiler, opimizer linker and then come here😂

[@kamilziemian995]

I want to learn assembly.

[@SirArtanis7]

By chance, do you know how to get your hands on IBM assembly? Or IBM cobol? I'm working on my own solution for this and the best I have is a rasberry pi that runs z/os

[@RealCadde]

There are two even better alternatives to learning assembly if you know nothing to begin with. 1) Play Shenzhen IO. and/or 2) Watch Ben Eaters videos on breadboard computers. That gets you up and running with the wind in your back.

[@mayapankhaj9124]

Thank you!

[@ottersmeep25]

What is a variable? Is that like saying MOV XXXXXXX BAK

[@Walkingdeadman1991]

I was just starting to get my head around x86-64 ASM and now I'm getting hit with ARM 😭

[@wisteela]

What application is being used to disassemble the code?

[@MaKaNufilms]

seems to be objdump, but what I am more curious about how he builded, so my x539 is positioned at a different place. I am a total noob of C and ASM, just builded with gcc -o main.o main.c

[@baranjan6969]

objdump -d a.out works but idk what he used here

[@john7samuel85]

how to access the memory like he does

[@brenomanhaes9322]

Gdb

[@AlTiri-rd7ly]

Nice

[@alst4817]

I code in assembly, I run Temple.

[@j.ysr0]

Font name?

[@daviddelaney363]

Is this 3270 Assembler?

[@user-px4qj6pz9s]

i rly wonder why did he take 1337 as an example at first

[@menoone2042]

You can learn assembly using cheat engine

[@romania-n6q]

This is not how human write assembly code this could help if you're not a beginner. We use a lot of tools and libraries and we got our own best practices

[@rty1955]

I could NOT disagree more. The best way to learn assembly is to pick up or obtain on the internet how the particular CPU functions. Learn all the Op codes and What they do. Then pick an assembler (they are different) and learn the particular assembly directives and how they work. Flowchart your work first so you can break down each block of work into proper assembly code. I have been coding in assembly since 1969

[@vmdehart2]

What is assembly? Is this like coding? what is being assembled here

[@lautarobeheran]

Its basically machine code. Instead of a more human readable code, asembly shows you the instructions that are being sent to the computer, at a very fundamental level

[@imme7439]

How you got compiled c assembly code?

[@CaridorcTergilti]

You have to use a special compiler flag

[@imme7439]

@@CaridorcTergilti oh thx

[@oussama7132]

but why? unless you're being paid money that will make you retire in a year

[@iLLuzion1st]

Some people learn to ya know learn because they think it is cool. Not everything in life has to be money motivated.

[@liquid8980]

The best way to learn assembly is through blood sweat and tears.. Go find a tutorial online and sit and trust that you will learn how it all works with time. C programming can help for sure but the Best way is sitting and actually trying to program in assembly.

[@mutlugameofhalit]

isn't this loop, nearly, infinite?

[@MrGeometres]

Just play Shenzhen I/O.

[@jmooroof1769]

Shenzhen I/O is something you should do after learning ASM

[@ares106]

Human resource machine.

[@navidjalilian5087]

Duh, obviously!

[@rod653]

i uh what???

[@maximilianoalvarez8086]

Nah, I’m good fam.

[@musicdudejoe263]

What

[@princemarkied8071]

nope... just nope..

[@Veeti1245]

Who the fuck wants to learn assembly

[@mohamedb5060]

can you stop the music because it is very annoying

[@lewis6648]

You lost me

[@KayC352]

yall learning assembly by learning C, im learning assembly by writing a bootloader, we are not the same