win32/linux executables

I have finished a significant portion of Allen Holub's Compiler Design
in C. Instead of using real assembly, he uses a C-like intermediate
languageto simplify matters, which i think was an extremely good idea.
Now as a next step towards writing compilers that create binary
executables, I wanted to write a small compiler. The compiler would
read an arithmetic expression and create an executable file that would
accept a number from the console, run it through the compiled
expression, and output the result to the console. The executable
should work on win32 (later i want to move to linux too maybe by using
a common intermediate language that would then be compiled for linux
and windows).


where do i start? intel's assembly specification ? windows APIs? any
resource that would help me write a basic compiler would help. i can
then try and expand that further and seek help as and when i get
stuck.


and yeah, happy new year to you all and your families.
[I don't know of a single place where the grotty stuff of assembling
and linking and creating executables is explained. -John]

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