NASM or MASM?

[t7ancients]

I'm going to start learning some assembly, preferably 64-bit. If I use MASM, is it only good for Windows Development? Should I use NASM so that when I switch to NetBSD or something I can code with the same syntax? I know there are some assembly addicts on this site. Please give me l33t advice?

[2584562]

I'm going to start learning some assembly, preferably 64-bit. If I use MASM, is it only good for Windows Development? Should I use NASM so that when I switch to NetBSD or something I can code with the same syntax? I know there are some assembly addicts on this site. Please give me l33t advice?

Well yeah, if you want more compatibility nasm is good for you , but if you know you will just be coding for windows then i totally prefer masm because i like the compiler from microsoft for it.

[t7ancients]

Well yeah, if you want more compatibility nasm is good for you , but if you know you will just be coding for windows then i totally prefer masm because i like the compiler from microsoft for it.

I think I'm gonna stick with nasm, seems like a better idea for going to and from different OSes. See, I'm working on a 3D RPG where players run servers that are built into the client, 4 other players can connect making 5 man teams and there is an in-game lobby zone where you gather your players and then go do quests together in the game-world instance of whoever is hosting. I have the server written in C++, with a lot of assembly written in MASM and linked to it. I'm gonna have to port it to NASM and find a cross-platform compiler for C++ because I'm gonna try to make it run on NetBSD so I can run a better server. /phew