Trees Fall Prey to AoA

bluethundr writes "For all of the years that it has been available, the only way to read the classic instructional text known as the Art of Assembly by Randy Hyde, was to read it online or download a PDF'd copy and print it out for your own bad sef. It would seem that No Starch Press stands poised to release a pre-bound (aka BOOK) version of this most highly esteemed volumes on the arcane topic on highly convenient dead tree media. I for one am very glad about this development. While I recognize the value of hypertext for reference, when it comes to learning any complex topic at length dead tree media is the way to go, hands down IMHO! I emailed the company to get a bead on when to expect this development and this was the reply: 'No, you are not misinformed. The scheduled publication date for Art of Assembly is March, 2003. I will have something posted on the website very soon, perhaps in the next couple of days. Thanks for the interest!'"

Comments

Re:i've been waiting for this

[KDan]

I'd like to understand, cause I don't get this... what exactly is wrong with the word "paper", that everyone feels so compelled to use "dead trees" instead? Is it some sort of ecologically correct movement or something? In any case, it's disturbing and stupid.

Daniel

Re:So what is Assembly Language anyway?

[amigaluvr]

Assembly is a bit pointless these days

While many optimisations can be had with assembler, due to 'hitting the hardware' it causes more problems than it solves.

There's nothing a higher language cannot do that assembler can. The only difference is in levels. And with current hardware speeds, higher level but typically 'slower' languages become 'fast'.

It's curious that in 2003 assembler is still being practiced. I would put this down to a bit of historical interest, than real practical value.