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I think, you are referring to machine code, not assembly langauage. In assembly, code looks like cmp [eax], ebx jg bigger Data looks like ans db 42

by listic 16y ago

I think, you are referring to machine code, not assembly langauage. In assembly, code looks like cmp [eax], ebx jg bigger Data looks like ans db 42 msg db "Hello World!",0 They are not interchangeable.

axod 16y ago
Same difference really... mov edi, blah mov byte [edi+1], 17 // Modify the instruction to mov al, 17 // Later... blah: mov al, 7 There's pretty much a 1->1 mapping between assembly language and machine code, so making a distinction doesn't make too much sense IMHO