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    Printing Integers in NASM

    I'm not familiar with NASM syntax, so I can't help you there. However, here's a short program that demonstrates how to print integers in assembly using the C function library, using Gnu Assembler syntax: .section .data format: .asciz "L1 = %d L2 = %d\n" L1: .int 100 L2: .int 450 .section...
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    a.out format problem

    You could try building a linker script for ld. But, wouldn't it be easier to assemble your statr.asm module into an object format that ld does understand?
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    a.out format problem

    Perhaps the issue is that ld isn't expecting aout format object files. Have you tried informing ld that statr.o is an aout file? ld -o binary [object files] -b input-format statr.o where input format specifies aout? You should be able to obtain a list of the formats suppored by your linker...
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    a.out format problem

    Isn't a.out an executable format? I've never needed to link an a.out to produce an executable. I looked at the NASM manual, and found: nasm [ -f format ] [ -o outfile ] [ options... ] infile Have you tried: nasm -f aout -o yourfile yourfile.asm
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    function calling methods.

    In chapter 11 the author describes several methods of parameter passing: 1. Pass by Value - what you'd expect, passing the actual value to the called routine. 2. Pass by Reference: passing a pointer to the variable or structure. The author states that this technique can be less efficient...
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    function calling methods.

    Okay, that makes more sense. Thank you for the clarification.
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    function calling methods.

    I'm confused. Are you saying that, if you don't return what you've passed by value, the calling routine will somehow lose the value(s) it passed?
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    function calling methods.

    I'm not familiar with The Art of Assembly Language, so the author's terminology might be different. However, the two basic divisions of parameter passing to a function with which I am familiar are: by value, i.e., placing the actual value in a register, on the stack, or possibly in a global...

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