Professional Assembly Language
- 9h 22m
- Richard Blum
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2005
Every high level language program (such as C and C++) is converted by a compiler into assembly language before it is linked into an executable program. This book shows you how to view the assembly language code generated by the compiler and understand how it is created. With that knowledge you can tweak the assembly language code generated by the compiler or create your own assembly language routines.
This code-intensive guide is divided into three sections – basics of the assembly language program development environment, assembly language programming, and advanced assembly language techniques. It shows how to decipher the compiler-generated assembly language code, and how to make functions in your programs faster and more efficient to increase the performance of an application.
About the Author
Richard Blum has worked for a large U.S. government organization for more than 15 years. During that time, he has had the opportunity to program utilities in various programming languages: C, C++, Java, and Microsoft VB.NET and C#. With this experience, Rich has often found the benefit of reviewing assembly language code generated by compilers and utilizing assembly language routines to speed up higher-level language programs.
Rich has a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, where he worked on many assembly language projects. (Of course, this was back in the eight-bit processor days.) He also has a master of science degree in management from Purdue University, specializing in Management Information Systems.
In this Book
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What is Assembly Language?
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The IA-32 Platform
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The Tools of the Trade
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A Sample Assembly Language Program
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Moving Data
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Controlling Execution Flow
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Using Numbers
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Basic Math Functions
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Advanced Math Functions
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Working with Strings
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Using Functions
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Using Linux System Calls
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Using Inline Assembly
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Calling Assembly Libraries
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Optimizing Routines
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Using Files
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Using Advanced IA-32 Features
