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@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ computer—*but properly constructed assembly programs suffer no
transformation loss*, as shown in Figure 2.2.
Only one transformation is required when creating an assembler program,
and that single transformation is completely under the programmer’s
and that single transformation is completely under the programmer's
control. Assemblers perform no transformation from source code to
machine language; instead, they merely map assembler instructions to
machine language instructions on a one-to-one basis. As a result, the
programmer is able to produce machine language code that’s precisely
programmer is able to produce machine language code that's precisely
tailored to the needs of each task a given application requires.
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@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ enough.
The single most critical aspect of the hardware, and the one about which
it is hardest to learn, is the CPU. The x86 family CPUs have a complex,
irregular instruction set, and, unlike most processors, they are neither
straightforward nor wellregarding true code performance. What’s more,
straightforward nor wellregarding true code performance. What's more,
assembly is so difficult to learn that most articles and books that
present assembly code settle for code that just works, rather than code
that pushes the CPU to its limits. In fact, since most articles and
@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ knowledge to gather. A good portion of this book is devoted to seeking
out such knowledge.
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![](images/i.jpg) *Be forewarned, though: No matter how much you learn about programming the PC in assembly, there’s always more to discover.*
![](images/i.jpg) *Be forewarned, though: No matter how much you learn about programming the PC in assembly, there's always more to discover.*
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