Hi,

I am trying to make a Compiler. The compiler part I can do I want to though make my own Assembler, Resource Assembler, and Linker...

So I though this would be a good place to ask about the assembler...

So My question is this: "What RELLY happens in a assembler?".

Now I know that is takes assembly code and translate it to object code.. But there is much more to it like memory allocation do you do something there?, ect...

I am going to download the Flat Assembler Source code and look at it but please help out here too!

Thanks,
Andrew

P.S. - I need to know what linker dose too... I mean I know it links files together and changes the object code to machine code (which are almost the say thing just a few missing things).

P.S.S - A Resource Linker... I have no clue what this dose at all!

Thanks Again!,
Andrew

Well... There's a fasm guide that covers fasm's internals, can be useful to you. Unfortunatelly it is incompleted... I couldn't find it in a forum, so I attached the file from Fresh package.

But, why do you want to do your own tools? There are more than enough assemblers (and linkers and resource compilers...) made already. Why can't you stay with Fasm?

regards

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Right now I don't use FASM. I am trying to build my own Free/Open-Source Compiler, Assembler, Resource Assembler, and Linker so I can in the end build a tutorial showing how I made them all.

I am looking to start EMA (Extreme Modeling Application) but I am extending it to EMA Free and the EMA stands for nothing... It is going to be a "Free Foundation" every ting made there (anyone can make a project here) will have to be Free/Open-Source and it is more a learning place and to make your project that much better, You also make tutorials on how it was made, ect...

I need something to base this off of and I figured something like a Compiler, Assembler, Resource Assembler, and Linker and four good things to start off with...

Because I am starting EMA Free with them I need to make my own... I know it will take a long while but that is OK..

Thanks For the file I will check it out!,
Andrew

BTW: That file you have me is great and just what I need... But I need to whole thing anytime expected to be finished?

Andrew

This depends on Privalov - he is the author of FasmGuide. But, AFAIK, he is very busy at the moment... Maybe he has already made some progress in documenting fasm internals, but I just don't know.

I suggest you to look at Fasm sources and learn from them - the source, although it doesn't have any comments, is very clear and you should understand it. Good luck!

Will do!. Thanks for all the help...

Andrew