This is the second part as continuation of series “My first x86-64 assembly in macOS”. Please read first part to view assembly language programming from the perspective of total beginner. I thought simple addition of two numbers in assembly could be the next simple step in progress to learn assembly language programming, covering declaration of variable(kinda), accessing them, adding them and printing them. Hoping to give some more insights on assembly language programming adventure. This post follows same spirit of exploring the findings and observation through perspective of total beginner. If any information provided seems wrong please email me with explanation so I could understand and rectify. Most of the concepts we did explored in first part of the series but I will try to do very short brief here too.

I am using Intel based Mac running Catalina. In future when arm based Mac comes out, then this series may need to be interpreted separately. I am using AT&T syntax throughout the series.

Important Note:

• Declare and Initialise variables in assembly.
• Access variables in assembly.
• Perform addition on variables in assembly.
• Print the sum of variables in assembly.

Let’s start

Update: Second part of series is available.

I am reading a book Coders at work. Each chapter consists of interview with an experts in the field of computer programming, engineering and science. Most of them had started programming during 70’s-80's, the time when there wasn’t many choice of programming languages available like modern day. Most of them were programming in low-level like assembly or binary. I was thrilled and excited from reading of their journey. It motivated me to learn small things about assembly and learn more about machine closely. I am writing this blog post on my journey of learning assembly.

I have a macbook pro. It’s a 64-bit machine. Intel based. I started collecting information on resources and tips to get started. My machine is x86-64 so it is x86 assembly. I found little resources on starting assembly on mac, and among what I found was for linux. Throughout the search I have collected good blogs and resources that I’ll be sharing. This post is more about what I am discovering or learning rather than tutorial.