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It's been a while since I did any assembler, but one thing I remember: If you seriously want to write anything GAS may not be your best option. nasm has a much saner syntax (and if you ever happened to have used tasm or masm it's much more similar to that).


Syntax, in assembly, is the least of your problems.


I couldn't disagree more.

Having tried the perfection that is MASM, I'm always disappointed by what NASM lacks in comparison and I'm not at all comfortable with GAS.

Choosing a good assembler, an assembler that you like, that you're comfortable with, is critical.


YASM might be a better choice if you are starting from scratch.




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