Expert author Jeff Duntemann then presents working example programs for both the DOS and Linux operating systems using the popular free assembler NASM. He also includes valuable information on how to use procedures and macros, plus rare explanations of assembly-level coding for Linux, all of which combine to offer a comprehensive look at the complexities of assembly programming for Intel processors.Providing you with the foundation to create executable assembly language programs, this book:* Explains how to use NASM-IDE, a simple program editor and assembly-oriented development environment* Details the most used elements of the 86-family instruction set* Teaches about DEBUG, the single most useful tool you have as an assembly language programmer* Examines the operations that machine instructions force the CPU to perform* Discusses the process of memory addressing* Covers coding for Linux
