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I’d like to learn assembler. However, there are very few resources for doing assembler with OS X.
Is there anyone out there who has programmed in assembly on a Mac? Where did you learn?
And, is there any reason I shouldn’t be doing assembly? Do I risk (significantly) crashing my computer irreparably?
If you’re using a PowerPC Mac, look into gcc inline assembler. Otherwise, look into nasm. I can’t give any decent references to PPC ASM (they’re few and far between), but I suggest the following things to learn x86 asm:
Also, if you’re not in kernel mode then there’s no chance of screwing anything up, really, and even if you are in kernel mode it’s hard to really destroy anything.
Edit: Also, get gcc and such from XCode not Macports or somesuch. You’re in for a world of malformed Mach-O files if you don’t. Not fun to diagnose file format issues when you’re just starting asm hacking.