Learn to Program with Assembly: Foundational Learning for New Programmers

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J. BartlettLearn to Program with Assemblyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7437-8_1

1. Introduction

Jonathan Bartlett¹  

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Tulsa, OK, USA

 

1.1 The Purpose of the Book

Have you ever wondered how your computer works? I mean, how it really works, underneath the hood? I’ve found that many people, including professional computer programmers, actually have no idea how computers operate at their most fundamental level.

You need to read this book whether or not you ever plan on writing assembly language code. If you plan on programming computers, you need to read this book in order to demystify the operation of your most basic tool—the processor itself. I’ve worked ...