Learning to read GCC assembler output

Question

I\'m considering picking up some very rudimentary understanding of assembly. My current goal is simple: VERY BASIC understanding of GCC assembler output when co

Answer 1

Unlike higher-level languages, there's really not much (if any) difference between being able to read assembly and being able to write it. Instructions have a one-to-one relationship with CPU opcodes -- there's no complexity to skip over while still retaining an understanding of what the line of code does. (It's not like a higher-level language where you can see a line that says "print $var" and not need to know or care about how it goes about outputting it to screen.)

If you still want to learn assembly, try the book Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux, by Jeff Duntemann.