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How to Say "Hello World" in x86 Assembly

Sk on February 27, 2025

Because why not? Software is fun. I know this sounds insane; assembly for fun—but trust me, you feel alive. I’m lucky to be at a point where ...

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Caleb (pxlmastr) • Feb 27

#include <iostream>

int main() {
    std::cout << "To be honest, I'd rather stick to something normal :D";
    return 0;
}

Sk • Feb 27


#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    printf("I agree! but this is normal 😂 :D\n");
    return 0;
}

K Om Senapati • Feb 27

print("Weirdos")

Caleb (pxlmastr) • Feb 27

class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        System.out.println("No, we are the same when we bond against java people");
    }
}

Nikola Perišić • Feb 27

print("Good post! 9.67 score on dev-to-rater.xyz")

Sk • Feb 27

import IO, only: [puts: 1]

puts("Uhmmm lol 😂😭")

Ezpie • Feb 28 • Edited

let me join in

section .data
    msg db 'amateurs', 0

section .text
    global _start

_start:
    mov eax, 4
    mov ebx, 1
    mov ecx, msg
    mov edx, 8
    int 0x80

    mov eax, 1
    mov ebx, 0
    int 0x80

Ezekiel • Feb 27 • Edited

I'll just

gcc -s main.cpp

`
that thanks.

Schemetastic (Rodrigo) • Feb 27

console.log("I think I'll stay with the good 'ol JS haha, but cool post 😉")

Robert Teminian • Feb 27

Let me join. lol

Program HelloPascal;
begin
    writeln('Please don''t forget here''s Pascal.');
end.

Mike 🐈‍⬛ • Feb 27 • Edited

gist.github.com/lolzballs/2152bc0f...

Sk • Feb 27

😭😭😂 solved!!

Benny Schuetz • Feb 27

Great to see assembly again. I used to code in assembly on the Amiga in the good old days.

Sk • Feb 27

ahhh the old days 🏖️ I remember, I am lying I started this year 😂, I think I am a jr assembler? Loving it thou, so good to touch the metal

Benny Schuetz • Feb 28

Enjoy the ride. IMHO it will teach you a lot.

Youssef El Idrissi • Feb 28

this is quite a cool blog post,
so I began to learn Computer Architecture & Organization and I found the assembly section to be the most interesting (because it's practical, and you could see the theory about registers etc in action).
But honestly I didn't find a right motive to learn it and be proficient in it, I'm learning it only for the curiosity at the moment but yk I still didn't find the right purpose.
So I ask you, could it possibly be useful in something like say... Malware development ? because code could be obfuscated etc on a very low level.
What do you think?

Chaitanya Mankala • Feb 28

Everyone who is commenting that they rather use high-level programming language for "Hello World", you should understand that even author is not recommending to use assembly in real life. We developed High Level languages to make our lives easier, everyone agrees on that. Its so sad that they cant appreciate assembly and not at all curious to understand how things work.

Future will be just like,
When someone writes a C program to print hello world, commentors like these will comment like "I would rather use chatGPT prompt, this is so stupid!"