Praise for the first edition of Write Great Code, Volume 2:
"Set aside some money and buy this book, or get a friend to buy it and get it from them while still in the store. When you get home, read it TWICE so that you master what is in these pages. Then read it again." DevCity
"Write Great Code Volume 2 exceeds its goal of helping developers pay more attention to application performance when writing applications in high-level languages. This book is a must for any high-level application developer. Free Software Magazine
"As a high-level-language programmer, if you want to know what's really going on with your programs, you need to spend a little time learning assembly language and you won't find an easier introduction." DevX
"This is a good book. A very very good book. Frankly, I'm blown away at the quality of writing." Toronto Ruby User Group
Introduction
Chapter 1: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level Chapter 2: Shouldn t You Learn Assembly Language? Chapter 3: 80x86 Assembly for the HLL Programmer Chapter 4: Compiler Operation and Code Generation Chapter 5: Tools for Analyzing Compiler Output Chapter 6: Constants and High-Level Languages Chapter 7: Variables in a High-Level Language Chapter 8: Array Data Types Chapter 9: Pointer Data Types Chapter 10: String Data Types Chapter 11: Record, Union, and Class Data Types Chapter 12: Arithmetic and Logical Expressions Chapter 13: Control Structures and Programmatic Decisions Chapter 14: Iterative Control Structures Chapter 15: Functions and Procedures Afterword: Engineering Software Glossary
Randall Hyde is the author of The Art of Assembly Language, one of the most highly recommended resources on assembly, and the three volume Write Great Code series (all No Starch Press). He is also the co-author of The Waite Group's MASM 6.0 Bible. He has written for Dr. Dobb's Journal and Byte, as well as professional and academic journals.