The Art of 64-bit Assembly
The Art of 64-bit Assembly is a book that aims to provide a deep understanding of assembly language programming. It covers various topics such as object-oriented programming, exception handling, and concurrency, all at the instruction level. The book is designed for those who already know assembly and want to gain a more thorough understanding of the subject.
- ▪The book covers the construction of object-oriented programs in MASM, including vtables, method dispatch, and inheritance.
- ▪It provides a detailed explanation of Windows structured exception handling and how to manage it at the instruction level.
- ▪The book also covers topics such as coroutines, generators, and fibers, as well as concurrent programs with real synchronization primitives.
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| Original publisher | Nostarch |
| Canonical URL | https://nostarch.com/art-64-bit-assembly-v2 |
| Publication time | Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:09:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-01T15:08:48.213Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-01T15:08:48.213Z |
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Download Chapter 1: Advanced Macros You can ask an AI to explain how vtables work in x86. It will give you something that sounds right. What it won’t give you is what Windows actually expects the vtable to look like, why method dispatch behaves the way it does at the instruction level, or what breaks when you deviate from convention. This volume of The Art of 64-Bit Assembly closes the gap between a plausible explanation and genuine understanding. Every chapter takes a construct you’ve used in C++, Python, or Rust, strips away the runtime, and rebuilds it from scratch in MASM, running under Windows. Objects, exceptions, closures, coroutines, concurrency: Each is dissected at the instruction level, with every decision made visible and explicit.
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