Assembly source template

We will start with two 32-bit templates, one for Windows and one for Linux. 64-bit templates will be added very soon and we will see that they are not much different from 32-bit ones. The templates contain some macro instructions and directives that will be explained later in the book. As for now, these templates are provided with the sole purpose to give you the ability to write simple (and not so simple) snippets of code, compile them, and test them in a debugger.

 

The Windows Assembly template (32-bit)

A Windows executable consists of several sections (the structure of a PE executable/object file will be covered in more detail in Chapter 9, Operating System Interface); usually, one section for code, one for data, and one for import data (this contains information on external procedures, which are imported from dynamic link libraries). Dynamic-link libraries (DLL) also have an export section, which contains information on procedures/objects publicly available in...