Would experimenting with MASM32 break my computer?

Question

Is it safe to play a little bit with it on my computer? I have this hunch that I'm gonna make a terrible mistake while writing some experimental code. Is my fear baseless?

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Edit

Thanks for the quick responses and clarifying my concern. I guess I don't have to worry too much about it. If I'd want to do some dangerous experiments, I'll prepare an virtual machine environment. Thanks again!

Answer 1

Only if you are very good and you know what you're doing ( sorry for oxymoron :) ).

Also, it was much easier to do in real mode than in protected.

Answer 2

我对MASM32不太了解，无法说出您的顾虑是否合理，但是如果您真的很担心并且有能力这样做，那为什么不在虚拟机上运行的Windows实例上运行MASM32？

Answer 3

You'd have to try quite hard to do permanent damage with an assembly language program; I'd guess it's easier to do damage in high-level languages than low-level ones.

If you make a mistake, the worst that will happen is that Windows kills your process or kicks you into the debugger.

Answer 4

"Is my fear baseless? "

Not entirely, but probably the worst you would do is wipe your hard disk. And you'd have to a bit of work to do that

Answer 5

About the worst i've ever had happen was my computer froze and I had to restart it. I think you're probably fine.