April 2014
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
8h 19m
English
Content preview from Advanced C and C++ Compiling
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CHAPTER 1
Multitasking OS Basics
The ultimate goal of all the art related to building executables is to establish as much control as possible over the process of program execution. In order to truly understand the purpose and meaning of certain parts of the executable structure, it is of the utmost importance to gain the full understanding of what happens during the execution of a program, as the interplay between the operating system kernel and the information embedded inside the executable play the most significant roles. This is particularly true in the initial phases of execution, when it is too early for runtime impacts (such as user settings, ...