Ok I know that it's (Assembly) a low level programming language. But can someone give me some more info. I mean does it have a compiler and everything like C? If so is it free or should I buy it? I'll need to use it for a course next year but I want to get a head stat and take a look at it. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

You don't use a compiler; you use an assembler. Most assembly programmers learn mnemonics that translate directly to instructions for the processor, but it is possible to program in binary or hex, for example the instructions 18FE get a TI-83 stuck in an infinite loop. There is no single "assembly language" because its unique to the processor and in some ways the overall architecture (display devices, input devices, etc.). Do you know what processor you're going to learn? Knowing one makes learning the next easier, but you'll probably want to start with the one the class is for. There are plenty of free assemblers because unlike compilers, they don't optimize or anything like that, just directly translate mnemonics into machine language. You'll have to know what processor you're going to program before looking for an assembler.

Thanks alot for the reply we are going to work on Motorola 68000. It would be great if you could let me know where I can get some info about how to program. I know C, C++, Java and pascal but have never even seen an assembly code. Thanks again

Hey Khash... I learned assembly using the Motorola 68000. Below is a link for a Motorola 68000 Microprocessor Simulator (requires Tcl 8.0). You can run your assembly code against it as if it was the actual processor, emulation. ftp://ftp.eos.ncsu.edu/pub/bsvc/distribution/bsvc-2.1-win32.exe My suggestion... be well aware of registers and stacks when you get into Assembly... Here is just a block of code from an assembly program i was working on when I was in college. OUT1CR: MOVE.B #$0D,(A6)+ ;adding Carr return MOVE.B #$0A,(A6)+ ;adding line feed OUTPUT: ;comparing head and tail bufffer pointers CMP.L A5,A6 BEQ EXIT3 MOVE.B (A5)+,D0 ;getting next character BSR OUTCH BRA OUTPUT RTS

Thanks I'm goning to start working on it tonight.

Even if you never use assembly again, the experience and understanding of the lower levels of a program will help in other languages, especially languages like C/C++ where it helps to have an idea of how the memory is used. Good luck

If you just want to see a very simple form of assembler and disassembler and what some basic assembler code looks like at the lowest level for a PC system (intel), then just do the following. Open a DOS command window. In the C:\Windows folder, enter the command DEBUG WIN.COM. The DOS DEBUG program has a very basic assembler/disassembler built in to it. At the - prompt for debug a ? give you help. A q exits and a u Un-assembles some code, showing you simple hex address mode assembly instructions. I have used DEBUG to write usable program in assembly.