Visual Programming

Nov 08, 2024

This is a program:

.section __TEXT,__text,regular,pure_instructions

.build_version macos, 14, 0 sdk_version 14, 4

.globl _plus ; -- Begin function plus

.p2align 2

_plus: ; @plus

.cfi_startproc

; %bb.0:

sub sp, sp, #16

.cfi_def_cfa_offset 16

str w0, [sp, #12]

str w1, [sp, #8]

ldr w8, [sp, #12]

ldr w9, [sp, #8]

add w0, w8, w9

add sp, sp, #16

ret

.cfi_endproc

; -- End function

.subsections_via_symbols

This is the same program written in a high-level language:

int plus(int a,int b){return a+b;}

This is the same program written in a visual programming language:

int plus (int a, int b) {

return a + b;

}

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