Assembly Program Execution

[Argon]

Hey all,

If I know how to write an assembly program for, say, an x86 platform, how exactly to I get my CPU to run it? I've only ever ran assembly programs on CPU/Memory simulators that were made in Java or C++. Do I just run the .s19 from a batch file or something?

Thanks.

 

[Tulsileaf]

Hello Argon,
Assembly programs are normally converted to binary as with every other language that are compiled.
Your assembly programs, thus, must be in an executable binary format. On Windows this would be the prevailing .exe file type. On UNIX it would be the ELF standard.

 

[Argon]

So, in order to execute an assembly program that I have written, I have to compile it into exe format? What programs will do this for me?

 

[Tulsileaf]

any good assembler of course.
technically you are not compiling assembly programs, you assemble them

here are two links that may help you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language
http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone5/

The second one has links to assemblers.