Understanding the Machine

by Randall Hyde

Book Overview

If you've asked someone the secret to writing efficient, well-written software, the answer that you've probably gotten is "learn assembly language programming." By learning assembly language programming, you learn how the machine really operates and that knowledge will help you write better high-level language code. A dirty little secret assembly language programmers rarely admit to, however, is that what you really need to learn is machine organization,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593270038
• ISBN13: 9781593270032
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.2"