About the Book Topic Assembly is the native language of any computer system. The world's most efficient (fast and small) programs are generally written in assembly language, and no programmer can fully understand how software operates without learning assembly language programming. Book Description The Art of Assembly Language is a practical and comprehensive guide to assembly language. It presents assembly language from the high-level programmer's point of view, allowing the reader to start writing meaningful assembly language programs immediately. The CDROM includes the High Level Assembler (HLA) tool and the HLA Standard Library, all the source code from the book, plus over 50,000 lines of additional sample code, all well-documented and tested.