Understanding Computers - The Way of Programming Excellence (Volume 1)

Author: Hyde
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Every programmer surely hopes that the code they write will be praised and satisfy their boss; will be something customers are willing to pay for; will be easily usable by users; will be admired and commended by peers; and will be outstanding code that they can take pride in. The author of this book provides their accumulated insights on excellent programming to those who hope to write outstanding code. It fills a neglected part of computer science and engineering courses—low-level details—which are the foundation for building excellent code. Specific content includes: computer data representation, binary mathematical operations and bitwise operations, memory organization and memory access, data types and their representation, Boolean logic and digital design, CPU architecture, the architecture of the CPU instruction set, memory hierarchy and memory organization, and how computer systems communicate with the outside world.
About the Author: Randall Hyde is the author of The Art of Assembly Language, a highly acclaimed book on assembly language published by No Starch Press. He is also a co-author of The Waite Group's MASM 6.0 Bible and a contributing writer for Dr. Dobb's Journal and the professional weekly magazine Byte.