Low-level programming C, assembly, and program execution on Intel 64 architecture

✍ Scribed by Zhirkov, Igor

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 446
• Series: For professionals by professionals
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Explains Intel® 64 architecture as the result of von Neumann architecture evolution. The book teaches the latest version of the C language (C11) and assembly language from scratch. It covers the entire path from source code to program execution, including generation of ELF object files, and static and dynamic linking. Code examples and exercises are included along with the best code practices. Optimization capabilities and limits of modern compilers are examined, enabling you to balance between program readability and performance. The use of various performance-gain techniques is demonstrated, such as SSE instructions and pre-fetching. Relevant Computer Science topics such as models of computation and formal grammars are addressed, and their practical value explained"--Page 4 of cover

✦ Table of Contents

Part I: Assembly Language and Computer Architecture.-Chapter 1: Basic Computer Architecture.-Chapter 2: Assembly Language.-Chapter 3: Legacy.-Chapter 4: Virtual Memory.-Chapter 5: Compilation Pipeline.-Chapter 6: Interrupts and System Calls.-Chapter 7: Models of Computation.-Part II: The C Programming Language.-Chapter 8: Basics.-Chapter 9: Type System.-Chapter 10: Code Structure.-Chapter 11: Memory.-Chapter 12: Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics.-Chapter 13: Good Code Practices.-Part III: Between C and Assembly.-Chapter 14: Translation Details.-Chapter 15: Shared Objects.-Chapter 16: Performance.-Chapter 17: Multithreading.-Part IV: Appendices.-Chapter 18: Appendix A: Using gdb.-Chapter 19: Appendix B: Using Make.-Chapter 20: Appendix C: System Calls.-Chapter 21: Appendix D: Performance Tests.- Chapter 22: Bibliography.-

✦ Subjects

Assembler;Assembly languages (Electronic computers);C;C (Computer program language);Computer programming;Intel microprocessors--Programming;Mikroprozessor;Programmierung;Programming languages (Electronic computers);Intel microprocessors -- Programming