This thesis explores the indirectness of directives through exemplification, and based upon the distinction of true, pseudo- and non-directives, discusses the characteristics of the second type, and maintains that the pseudo-directives are often characterized by being formulaic, idiomatic, contextual and...
Statements, Assembly Language
MASM: Directives & Pseudo-Opcodes Chapter Eight Statements like mov ax,0 and add ax,bx are meaningless to the microprocessor. As arcane as these statements appear, they are still human readable forms of 80x86 instruc- tions. The 80x86 responds to commands like B80000 and 03C3. An ...