Write great code. Volume 1, Understanding the machine /
Today's programmers are often narrowly trained because the industry moves too fast. That's where Write Great Code, Volume 1: Understanding the Machine comes in. This, the first of four volumes by author Randall Hyde, teaches important concepts of machine organization in a language-independ...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco, CA :
No Starch Press,
©2004.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781593270995 1593270992 9781593270032 1593270038 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- What you need to know to write great code
- Numeric representation
- Binary arithmetic and bit operations
- Floating-point representation
- Character representation
- Memory organization and access
- Composite data types and memory objects
- Boolean logic and digital design
- CPU architecture
- Instruction set architecture
- Memory architecture and organization
- Input and output (I/O)
- Thinking low-level writing high-level
- Appendix: ASCII character set.