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Ask HN: What are the best books on low-level programming
- tomByrer 9y agoCan't get more low level than ASM http://www.agner.org/optimize/ http://www.agner.org/optimize/
- abele2017 9y agoThis is great! JSON Formatter https://jsonformatter-online.com https://jsonformatter-online.com
- le-mark 9y ago"Programming from the Ground Up" is a really fantastic book that starts with some architecture, assembler and executable file format. Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11702025 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11702025
- brudgers 9y agoThe Art of Computer Programming, perhaps?
- brudgers 9y agoThe Art of Computer Programming, perhaps?
- NonEUCitizen 9y agoMichael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book. He's also got a few "Zen of ..." books: http://www.drdobbs.com/parallel/graphics-programming-black-book/184404919 http://www.drdobbs.com/parallel/graphics-programming-black-b...
- zero_one_one 9y agoPeter Norton and John Socha - Peter Norton's Assembly Language for the IBM PC. Hideously outdated, and has practically no real world application any more, but is conversely an incredibly lucid, explanatory, and beatifully written as a guide to 16-bit Assembly language on the IBM (and compatible) PC - Guides you through first examinations of registers and memory through to creating a low-level hard disk editor. Pop open DosBox, download MASM, and see what you can break! Currently going for $3 on Amazon - worth a pop for that price if only for a cursory look! https://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Language-Brady-programming-library/dp/1566860164/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1499163399&sr=8-2&keywords=Norton+assembly https://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Language-Brady-programming-l...