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SPARC Architecture, Assembly Language Programming and C (Paperback)

by Richard P. Paul (Author)
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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (24 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0130255963
  • ISBN-13: 978-0130255969
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.3 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,302,389 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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For Assembly Language and Architecture courses emphasizing SPARC architecture found in computer science, engineering and business departments.

Written from a programmer's perspective, this long-awaited revision introduces the SPARC assembly language to readers early on. Other introductory material encompasses making use of UNIX tools (the m4 macro processor; the assembler; the gnu emacs editor; and the gdb debugger). Further coverage includes a formal definition of the von Neumann machine, its relationship to programmable calculators, and to the JAVA bytecode and JAVA virtual machine. Not only is this book suitable for introductory computer architecture courses, but for programmers who will be programming SPARC architecture machine in languages such as C and C++.



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Written from a programmer's perspective, this book introduces the SPARC assembly language to readers early on. Other introductory material encompasses making use of UNIX® tools (the m4 macro processor, the assembler, the gnu emacs editor, and the gdb debugger). Further coverage includes a formal definition of the von Neumann machine, its relationship to programmable calculators, and to the JAVA™ bytecode and JAVA virtual machine. This book's loyal audience has been anticipating a revision of a very successful book for this growing market. Not only is this book suitable for introductory computer architecture courses, but for programmers who will be programming SPARC architecture machine in languages such as C and C++.

  • Provides reader understanding of the complexity and cost of using various data and control structures in high-level languages
  • Includes the latest material on the new Ultra SPARC architecture
  • Frequent references to C and C++ language constructs and their translation into SPARC assembly language
  • Offers optional material on floating point, traps, memory management, and other architectures
  • Companion Website supplements the text with updates and code examples at http://www.prenhall.com/paul



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2.0 out of 5 stars Too much m4, too little C, 9 Feb 2001
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The concept behind this book is excellent. Showing how high level languages (such as C, as in the title) are most efficiently translated into assembly language and giving a guide to reading the resulting machine code is a worthy objective. Sadly Paul spends far too much time in explaining the little-used m4 macro processor and too little in giving in-depth explanations of assembler idioms. His example programs are confusing in the extreme as they are a mix of standard SPARC 'as' assembly laguage and his own home-brewed m4 macros. Far too often he introduces complex concepts with a simple "thus" yet yet spends several pages explaining the vagaries of m4. I expected a good book about SPARC assembly language; I got a rather poor boo about m4
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, well explained., 6 Oct 2000
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If you want to understand how your 'C' programs (or any program) is translated into assembly then this is the book. There aren't many books around that explain from simple to complex functions of SPARC chips but this covers all aspects.

First explaining different stack concepts, by chapter 2 you're already able to write simple programs doing arithmetic calculations and do/while/for loops.

Explaining piplines, von-neumann cycles, macro assembly, debuggers, binary arithmetic, digital logic (boolean) is all presented by chapter 4.

By chapter 5 onwards the actual details of the SPARC chip are discussed: how the stack handles data structures and arrays, subroutines, stack pointers, frame pointers, traps, memory alignment, IO, FPU calculations.

Even though its published in 1993 - its a good grounding for 64-bit computing or understanding other load/store ALU's.

If nothing else - you'll understand difficulties compiler programmers have.

For SPARC developers/system administrators/engineers - its a must.

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