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I see your Norton and raise you an Abrash: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Assembly-Language-Knowledge-Programming/dp/0673386023/ https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Assembl

by mhd 8y ago

I see your Norton and raise you an Abrash: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Assembly-Language-Knowledge-Programming/dp/0673386023/ https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Assembly-Language-Knowledge-Progr... https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Graphics-Programming-2nd-Applications/dp/1883577896/ https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Graphics-Programming-2nd-Applicat... https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Code-Optimization-Ultimate-Software/dp/1883577039/ https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Code-Optimization-Ultimate-Softwa... Zen of Asm is also online, I think a few of the other works, too. http://www.jagregory.com/abrash-zen-of-asm/ http://www.jagregory.com/abrash-zen-of-asm/

pjmlp 8y ago
That is unfair. :)
disqard 8y ago
Ahhh, Zen of Graphic Programming was my one of first graphics books, which led straight to Foley, vanDam, et. al., and I was hooked :) It's safe to say Abrash's book had a big impact on me. Norton's books also make me nostalgic, so thank you for that, GP.
ghaff 8y ago
I'm sure I still have my paper copy someplace. I still remember that you did things differently on an 8086 than an 8088 for example because of the difference in the width of the external data bus. Cycle counting. I'm not sure I learned much that was practical from it but it was the ultimate in optimizing x86 assembler code. As I recall, he was going to write a sequel but, by then, it would have been fairly pointless.