Embed Directive in Assembly Language

Here’s the translation of the Go code to Assembly Language, formatted in Markdown suitable for Hugo:

Assembly Language doesn’t have direct equivalents for many high-level language concepts, so we’ll focus on the core functionality of printing “hello world” to the console.

section .data
    message db 'hello world', 0Ah    ; Define the string to be printed

section .text
    global _start

_start:
    ; Write the string to stdout
    mov eax, 4          ; System call number for sys_write
    mov ebx, 1          ; File descriptor 1 is stdout
    mov ecx, message    ; Address of the string to write
    mov edx, 12         ; Number of bytes to write (length of our string)
    int 80h             ; Make system call

    ; Exit the program
    mov eax, 1          ; System call number for sys_exit
    xor ebx, ebx        ; Return 0 status
    int 80h             ; Make system call

This Assembly code defines a string “hello world” in the data section and then uses system calls to print it to the console and exit the program.

To assemble and run this program:

1. Save the code in a file, for example, hello_world.asm.

2. Assemble the code into an object file:

$ nasm -f elf hello_world.asm

3. Link the object file to create an executable:

$ ld -m elf_i386 -o hello_world hello_world.o

4. Run the executable:

$ ./hello_world
hello world

This example demonstrates basic Assembly Language concepts such as:

• Defining data in the .data section
• Defining code in the .text section
• Using system calls to interact with the operating system
• Basic register manipulation

Assembly Language provides low-level control over the computer’s hardware, but requires more code and understanding of the system architecture compared to high-level languages.