A programmer-to-programmer discussion of assembly language programming and a guide to the latest version of the industry-standard Microsoft Macro Assembler. The author offers a structured approach to his treatment of assembly language topics. Professional programmers - most of whom use assembly language no matter what their primary language - will learn how to write modular, maintainable and well-documented programs that are efficient and even elegant. The book is packed with information and examples on a range of topics: converting numbers, manipulating strings, sorting numerical string data and handling sequential and random access files.