Dev C++ can let you see the asm code in debug but it's not very convenient because the step by step command follows the source code lines, not the the asm lines, even when the asm Window has the focus. So you jump many lines of asm at once usually. You can also see the registers but for the same reason that's not very useful.

More generally it's probably more convenient to generate an asm output file. Thus you can compare the source and output files side by side in your favorite IDE.

The free Visual C++ compiler lets you output an asm file. But you must launch it with command lines or batches or setup your IDE to use it. Look at the command lines, you can easilly output a .asm file. Else, as far as I know it's not that easy to make it work with free debuggers or even Visual C++ 6.0 if you have it.

There is GCC and for instance DevCpp for Windows 'bundled' with mingwin. Tip : you must overload the build command with another call to gcc (or g++) -S and fverbose-asm. For some obscure reason DevCpp (or gcc) bugs if you try to output both a .o and a .s. Probably due to the way DevCpp generates Makefile.win

If you are interested in mixing asm and C/C++ then gcc is the best by far though it's a bit complex to handle.

The is also Borland but I have not tested it yet. It's quite outdated as far as I know. And Watcom ?


[edited by - Charles B on June 4, 2004 7:04:48 AM]