Assembly and Mixed Language Projects
Abstract
This chapter looks into software development using assembly language and mixed language projects. Topics include how to create assembly language projects with the ARM® tool chain (e.g., ARM DS-5™) and gcc, and various ways to mix assembly code and C code together using inline assembler, embedded assembler, intrinsic functions.
Keywords
Assembly; Embedded assembler; Inline assembler; AAPCS; Intrinsic functions; Idiom; Mixed language; gcc; Keil™
20.1 Use of assembly code in projects
For small projects, it is possible to develop the whole application in assembly language. However, this is rare in application development because:
• It is much harder as you need to have a good understanding of ...
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