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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.265
EAN: 9780132383103
Edition: 5
ISBN: 0132383101
Label: Prentice Hall
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 752
Publication Date: June 26, 2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Studio: Prentice Hall

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Rating: - displeased
First, I've had my book less than a month and a half, and the pages are coming out. They have separated from the binding. I don't use the book very often, and have never abused it, it is brand new, bought at the university bookstore, my softcover books have better binding.

Second, I was pretty excited going into this course, I had a few problems I was working on which I felt assembly would be a good choice for tackling them. However, the information is just so old that I can't even apply it. I have to use the engineering department computers (can't even use CS computers) which have a program that emulates the x86 architecture, and I run the programs in them.

Aside from a better understanding of what is going on behind my higher language programs, I feel this course is wasting my time. But heres the thing, I've seen people apply assembly to certain problems recently, so I can only assume that the book and class are just not up to date. It doesn't seem to be a problem ... Read More

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Rating: - Just what you need for IA-32
The books its really step by step have very good example and exercises. It covers basically evreything and has a set of table where they cover all the registers and subroutines. It was really helpful while I was taking the class.

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Rating: - Inappropriately Titled Tome
Having written many 8086 assembly language programs many years ago, and after having used PPC and SPARC chips for a number of years, I decided to purchase this book to refresh my knowledge of Intel assembler. I was very disappointed in the contents of this book. The title would suggest that the subject matter covered relates to writing Intel assembly language perhaps in a platform agnostic manner, however the book should rather be titled "Assembly Language USING MASM for Intel based computers RUNNING WINDOWS". The book does not even seem to acknowledge that there are other OSs apart from Windows that run on Intel based machines, and also makes use of features and peculiarities of the MASM assembler. If you are looking for a text that will assist you in writing assembler using MASM for Intel based machines running Windows then this is it, otherwise stay well clear, and try to find a text that is less partisan.

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Rating: - You will learn some things, but you will encounter lots of errata and poor organization
I have read a lot of programming text books, but I have never seen so much errata before. My fellow classmates and I are amazed at the amount of errors.

It all started early with the book claiming that George Bool invented the Analytical Engine, instead of Charles Babbage.

We also wonder if the author just cranks out new editions and just adds a few things and doesn't update the rest of the book. It took me awhile to figure out the solution to an assignment, right out of the book, that didn't compensate for newer processors(or any processor in recent history). Actually it seems like it hasn't been changed for 7 years or longer or it's just plain errata. So, I was wondering for a long while why my programming assignment would not work. I finally figured out the book was the reason. Later on there was a programming exercise that required adding to existing code in the book, but when adding lines, it would not work. I would get jump too far errors.

This ... Read More

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Rating: - An excellent text book as well as great reference for IA32 Intel-based Assembly Language
Kip's book is an excellent book suitable for textbook purpose as well as table-reference. If I could I would give it 10 stars.

The way the author progresses the material makes it very easy to follow, and very enjoyable to read.

There is no CD comes with the book. But you can freely download the Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition from Microsoft website.

I have another book, Assembly Language Step-by-step: Programming with DOS and Linux (with CD-ROM) by Jeff Duntemann (Paperback - May 24, 2000). Comparing to Kip's book, that book is almost like a joke (no doubt for Jeff's expertise or authority on Assembly language but the way he put stuff in the book makes you feel somewhat stupid).

Get the book, and enjoy the beautiful binary world with Assembly!

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