Write great code [electronic resource] : Vol. 2 : thinking low-level, writing high-level / by Randall Hyde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyde, Randall.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer architecture.

Computer programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (640 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Writing high-level

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, c2006.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Today's computer science students aren't always taught how to choose high-level language statements carefully to produce efficient code. Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level shows software engineers what too many college and university courses don't: how compilers translate high-level language statements and data structures into machine code. Armed with this knowledge, readers will be better informed about choosing the high-level structures that will help the compiler produce superior machine code, all without having to give up the productivity and portability ben

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level; Chapter 2: Shouldn't You Learn Assembly Language?; Chapter 3: 80x86 Assembly for the HLL Programmer; Chapter 4: PowerPC Assembly for the HLL Programmer; Chapter 5: Compiler Operation and Code Generation; Chapter 6: Tools for Analyzing Compiler Output; Chapter 7: Constants and High-Level Languages; Chapter 8: Variables in a High-Level Language; Chapter 9: Array Data Types; Chapter 10: String Data Types; Chapter 11: Pointer Data Types; Chapter 12: Record, Union, and Class Data Types

Chapter 13: Arithmetic and Logical ExpressionsChapter 14: Control Structures and Programmatic Decisions; Chapter 15: Iterative Control Structures; Chapter 16: Functions and Procedures; Engineering Software; Appendix: A Brief Comparison of the 80x86 and PowerPC CPU Families; Online Appendices; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781593271138

1593271131

OCLC:

171563928