The hex file for this code is 163 bytes. A 19 byte difference in microcontroller programming is already significant! Our First PIC Assembly Language Code. As an introduction to PIC assembly programming, we’ll be using PIC16F84A, a x14 architecture microcontroller by Microchip.

D, also known as dlang, is a multi-paradigm system programming language created by Walter Bright at Digital Mars and released in 2001. Andrei Alexandrescu joined the design and development effort in 2007. Though it originated as a re-engineering of C++, D is a profoundly different language —features of D can be considered streamlined and expanded-upon ideas …

The assembly code for the if statement tests the opposite condition of the one in the high-level code. In Code Example 6.13, the high-level code tests for apples == oranges.The assembly code tests for apples != oranges using BNE to skip the if block if the condition is not satisfied. Otherwise, apples == oranges, the branch is not taken, and the if block is executed.