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@ -13,4 +13,24 @@ The MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages) Assembly language
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# Comments are denoted with a '#'
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# Everything that occurs after a '#' will be ignored by the assembler's lexer.
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# Programs typically contain a .data and .text sections
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.data # Section where data is stored in memory (allocated in RAM), similar to variables in higher level languages
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# Declarations follow a ( label: .type value(s) ) form of declaration
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hello_world .asciiz "Hello World\n" # Declare a null terminated string
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num1: .word 42 # Integers are referred to as words (32 bit value)
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arr1: .word 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 # Array of words
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arr2: .byte 'a', 'b' # Array of chars (1 byte each)
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buffer: .space 60 # Allocates space in the RAM (not cleared to 0)
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# Datatype sizes
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_byte: .byte 'a' # 1 byte
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_halfword: .half 53 # 2 bytes
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_word: .word 3 # 4 bytes
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_float: .float 3.14 # 4 bytes
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_double: .double 7.0 # 8 bytes
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```
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