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Low-level programming language family
In computing, assembly language, often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence between the instructions in the language and the architecture's machine code instructions. Assembly language usually has one statement per machine code instruction (1:1), but constants, comments, assembler directives, symbolic labels of, e.g., memory locations, registers, and macros are generally also supported. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Assembly languageA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: OpenQASM 3: A Broader and Deeper Quantum Assembly LanguageInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: ARM Assembly languageThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: From system F to typed assembly languageCited 374 times
- Go sideways: X86 assembly languageA closely related topic
- Go sideways: OpcodeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
From system F to typed assembly language
A cell assembly model of language
Stack-based typed assembly language
The case for assembly language programming
A cell assembly model of language
Heap-Bounded Assembly Language
Aladdin: Assembly Language Assertion Driven Debugging Interpreter
Special Feature: Microprocessor Assembly Language Draft Standard
🆕 Influential since 2022
OpenQASM 3: A Broader and Deeper Quantum Assembly Language
Assessment of a large language model based digital intelligent assistant in assembly manufacturing
Learning the rules of peptide self-assembly through data mining with large language models
VLM-MSGraph: Vision Language Model-enabled Multi-hierarchical Scene Graph for robotic assembly
Zero day ransomware detection with Pulse: Function classification with Transformer models and assembly language
📚 Books worth reading
ARM Assembly languageWilliam Hohl · 2009
Assembly Language Step-by-stepJeff Duntemann · 2000
Assembly language programmingVincent Mahout · 2012
IBM PC assembly language and programmingAbel, Peter · 1991
Assembly language for Intel-based computersKip R. Irvine · 1999
The art of Assembly languageRandall Hyde · 2003
Assembly language for the IBM PC familyWilliam B. Jones, William B. Jones · 1992- 📕MIXDonald Knuth · 1970
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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