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[ASM & Hex] Asm help?

Go! Squirtle

Go! Squirtle

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    Hey! Everybody i am Go! Squirtle and the founder of the act of discrimination on Squirtle i started this act by changing my signature just see my signature. I post this thread because i am unable to found a asm language tutorial but i have a good knowledge of c++. Can i use c++ instead of Assembly?
     
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    Go! Squirtle said:
    Hey! Everybody i am Go! Squirtle and the founder of the act of discrimination on Squirtle i started this act by changing my signature just see my signature. I post this thread because i am unable to found a asm language tutorial but i have a good knowledge of c++. Can i use c++ instead of Assembly?
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    well, there is a lot of systems made in C here on community, then I think you can use any programming language you want.
     
    mbcn10ww said:
    well, there is a lot of systems made in C here on community, then I think you can use any programming language you want.
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    Hey! One more help from where i can get a tutorial of assembly language.
     
    Go! Squirtle said:
    Hey! Everybody i am Go! Squirtle and the founder of the act of discrimination on Squirtle i started this act by changing my signature just see my signature. I post this thread because i am unable to found a asm language tutorial but i have a good knowledge of c++. Can i use c++ instead of Assembly?
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    C works, so look at FBI's tutorials on assembly and C for ROM hacking. Also check out GBATEK for really technical data on the GBA specs and how assembly works there.
     
    You can't use C++ because the standard libraries and other built ins (e.g. libstdc++) are not linked into the ROM, meaning you can't use even the most basic of C++ features (new, delete, etc.). Because the ROM was linked as a C application, you'd be unable to use features like exceptions. Since it's too complicated to get the C++ runtime into the ROM you're pretty much stuck with C. In fact, you're limited to a subset of C since you can't reliably define global variables or use variables with a static lifetime.

    Anyway, learning C/C++ is not going to get you away from needing ASM. Even GBA homebrew requires you to write some ASM for the low level stuff like interrupt handlers and other timing sensitive code. This is even more true for hacking a ROM because you need to understand the underlying code (i.e. ASM) of the ROM so that you can hook into it and modify it.

    If you have good knowledge of C++, learning ASM shouldn't be that hard. ARM ASM is a RISC architecture (i.e. Reduced instruction set computing), meaning that the instruction set is simplified. This is even more true for THUMB - the entire instruction set is actually defined in this incredibly short (40 page) manual.
     
    Touched said:
    You can't use C++ because the standard libraries and other built ins (e.g. libstdc++) are not linked into the ROM, meaning you can't use even the most basic of C++ features (new, delete, etc.). Because the ROM was linked as a C application, you'd be unable to use features like exceptions. Since it's too complicated to get the C++ runtime into the ROM you're pretty much stuck with C. In fact, you're limited to a subset of C since you can't reliably define global variables or use variables with a static lifetime.

    Anyway, learning C/C++ is not going to get you away from needing ASM. Even GBA homebrew requires you to write some ASM for the low level stuff like interrupt handlers and other timing sensitive code. This is even more true for hacking a ROM because you need to understand the underlying code (i.e. ASM) of the ROM so that you can hook into it and modify it.

    If you have good knowledge of C++, learning ASM shouldn't be that hard. ARM ASM is a RISC architecture (i.e. Reduced instruction set computing), meaning that the instruction set is simplified. This is even more true for THUMB - the entire instruction set is actually defined in this incredibly short (40 page) manual.
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    Thanks for your great help and please support Squirtle discrimination act by changing your signature same as me just add supporting keyword at the start of signature.
     
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