Advanced C Programming: Integrating C and Assembly Language

This course shows how to link C and assembly object files, call C functions from assembly code, as well as write assembly inline in a C function.

Introduction

• Combining C with assembly language
• Course requirements

1. Assembly Language Overview

• Controlling the CPU with assembly and C
• Exploring assembly language
• Building assembly code
• Challenge: Build an assembly program
• Solution: Build an assembly program

2. The Assembly Side of C

• Viewing C as assembly
• Choosing C or assembly
• Challenge: Linking modules
• Solution: Linking modules

3. C and Assembly Integration

• Putting assembly language into C code
• Adding C to assembly
• Writing inline assembly
• Challenge: Constructing a dialog
• Solution: Constructing a dialog

4. Assembly Functions for C

• Passing arguments in assembly
• Returning a value in assembly
• Writing functions that pass and return values
• Challenge: Random range
• Solution: Random range