Chapter 7: Low Level Control Structures

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7.1 Chapter Overview

This chapter discusses "pure" assembly language control statements. You'll need to master these low level control structures before you can really claim to be an assembly language programmer. By the time you finish this chapter, you should be able to stop using most of HLA's high level control statements and synthesize them using low level 80x86 machine instructions.

The last section of this chapter discusses hybrid control structures that combine the features of HLA's high level control statements with the 80x86 control instructions. These combine the power and efficiency of the low level control statements with the readability of high level control statements. Advanced assembly programmers may want to use these hybrid statements to improve their programs' readability without sacrificing efficiency.