Computer Architecture

Programming language C has a direct correspondance to assembly language

• C is almost a subset of C++; C removes classes, new/delete, iostream

Assembly: X86-64 - this class uses AT&T syntax

The Machine Code used in this cla. dvss is Y86-64 (created by authors of textbook for this class)

• Has variable-length encoding, more than one register, full conditional jumps, stack-manipulation instructions