Great material, but basic

After reading half of Randall Hyde's AoA, I got pissed off at reading HLA and bought this book and finished it in a month. This satisfied my expectations. This book uses MASM (Intel syntax) with Visual Studio (Express version is available for free).

Pros:
- Very clear and explicit explanations and examples
- Good structuring of the chapters
- Gives the reader excellent insight on the fundamental instructions of x86 instruction set

Cons:
- Doesn't really explain computer architecture in depth, but is expected in a 389 page book concentrating on assembly language, which I find to be the most important
- Does not show how to use functions from Visual Studio's libraries (had to learn how to prototype functions myself from Microsoft's website)

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