
Write Great Code
Understanding the Machine
Randall Hyde(Author)
No Starch Press
1st Edition
Published on 11. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 445 pages
978-1-59327-003-2 (ISBN)
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Description
This, the first volume in Randall Hyde´s Write Great Code series, dives into machine organization without the extra overhead of learning assembly language programming. Written for C/C++, VB, Pascal, Java, and other high-level language programmers, Volume 1, "Understanding the Machine", fills in the low-level details of machine organization that are often left out of computer science and engineering courses. Learn:
° How the machine represents numbers, strings, and high-level data structures, so you´ll know the inherent cost of using them.
° How to organize your data, so the machine can access it efficiently.
° How the CPU operates, so you can write code that works the way the machine does.
° How I/O devices operate, so you can maximize your application´s performance when accessing those devices.
° How to best use the memory hierarchy to produce the fastest possible programs.
Great code is efficient code. But before you can write truly efficient code, you must understand how computer systems execute programs and how abstractions in programming languages map to the machine´s low-level hardware. After all,compilers don´t write the best machine code; programmers do. The information in this first volume of the Write Great Code series gives you the foundation upon which all great software is built.
° How the machine represents numbers, strings, and high-level data structures, so you´ll know the inherent cost of using them.
° How to organize your data, so the machine can access it efficiently.
° How the CPU operates, so you can write code that works the way the machine does.
° How I/O devices operate, so you can maximize your application´s performance when accessing those devices.
° How to best use the memory hierarchy to produce the fastest possible programs.
Great code is efficient code. But before you can write truly efficient code, you must understand how computer systems execute programs and how abstractions in programming languages map to the machine´s low-level hardware. After all,compilers don´t write the best machine code; programmers do. The information in this first volume of the Write Great Code series gives you the foundation upon which all great software is built.
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Series
Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Target group
- Nearly 600,000 professional programmers in the US (Department of Labor) - Any programmers who wants to learn how to write efficient software - College and university level programming language or software engineering courses
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 18 cm
Weight
761 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59327-003-2 (9781593270032)
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Content
What you need to know to write great code Numeric representation Binary arithmetic Floating-point representation Character representation Memory organization Composite data types Boolean logic CPU architecture Instruction set architecture Memory architecture Input & output