NASM

Comprehensive study of nasm covering fundamental concepts and advanced applications.

Practical Applications

Debugging and Optimizing NASM Code

Make Your Code Shine!

Debugging and optimizing are essential skills for real-world NASM programming.

Debugging Tips

  • Use tools like gdb or ndisasm to step through your code
  • Insert extra output instructions to see what's happening
  • Check register values and memory contents

Optimization Tricks

  • Use registers instead of memory for speed
  • Avoid unnecessary instructions
  • Unroll loops for small, repeated pieces of code

Real-World Payoff

Optimized NASM code runs faster and uses less memory — perfect for games, embedded systems, or any app where performance counts!

Examples

  • Finding and fixing a bug in a NASM loop.

  • Reducing the number of instructions to speed up calculations.