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In computer science, a linker or link editor is a program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
In IBM mainframe environments such as OS/360 this program is known as a linkage editor.
(On Unix variants the term loader is often used as a synonym for linker. Because this usage blurs the distinction between the compile-time process and the run-time process, this article will use linking for the former and loading for the latter.)
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A86 assembler, D86 debugger - A86: finest assembler, at any cost under any terms, for Intel x86/compatibles. D86: screen-oriented program to troubleshoot buggy programs written for MS-DOS; freezes program states, shows values of registers, flags, memory; single steps forward or back.
ALink - A linker for MSDOS and Windows. [Open source, Artistic License]
Flat Assembler - A self-assembling open-source 80x86 assembler for DOS, Windows and Linux. It supports all 8086-80486/Pentium instructions with MMX, SSE, SSE2 and 3DNow! extensions, can produce output in binary, MZ, PE, COFF or ELF format.
Free Assemblers and Linkers for Programmers - Lists assemblers, cross-assemblers, linkers, and librarians, where available, for a wide variety of operating systems and processors.
Meta Description: [ Free assemblers, linkers, cross-assemblers, librarians for many processors and operating systems ]
Fresh - Visual assembly language RAD IDE with built-in FASM assembler. Designed for easy development of big assembly written applications. Self-contained, Fresh is written in Fresh and is fully compatible with FlatAssembler (FASM).
Meta Description: [ Fresh is assembly language RAD IDE with built-in FASM compiler. ]
Garbo's Assembler Programming Download Page - Collection asm development tool downloads.
Go Tools - Information and tools for Windows assembly language programming.
Meta Description: [ This site provides all the tools you need to program in assembler for Win32/64 ]
JLOC - A linker/locator for use when need more control over placement of sections within the image, than a standard linker provides. [Zero-price shareware]
MicroAsm - Micro Assembler IDE includes advanced source editor, 8086 assembler and IDE. All in one combination for beginners. [Freeware]
Meta Description: [ Micro Assembler IDE - MicroAsm ]
NASM (Netwide Assembler) - An 80x86 assembler designed for portability and modularity. [Open source, LGPL]
NewBasic Assembler: NBASM - Easy-to-use assembler for DOS and the Intel x86 and compatible processors, including support for real mode and protected mode.
Niko's Shareware Assembly Tools (dated) - Collection files and links to toolset for x86 assembler programming.
R. E. Harvey's Assemblers Page - MASM versions history, links and comments.
Meta Description: [ Selecting an Assembler. ]
RosAsm - The continuation of SpAsm project. It's a PE Specific Assembler for ReactOS, Win32. All in one Assembler, Linker, IDE, Debugger.
Th XAssembler - An asembler/linker/compiler for Intel x86 family processors. [Free and open source]
Meta Description: [ The XAssembler Compiler Project Home Page ]
YASM - A complete rewrite of the NASM assembler under BSD License. is designed from the ground up to allow for multiple assembler syntaxes to be supported (eg, NASM, TASM, GAS, etc.) in addition to multiple output object formats and even multiple instruction sets.
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