Invitation to Computer Science 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337561916
ISBN 13: 978-1-33756-191-4

Chapter 6 - 6.3 - Assemblers and Assembly Language - Practice Problems - Page 308: 5

Answer

\begin{array}{l}{\text { No, it is not illegal, just highly misleading. You can label a piece of data }} \\ {\text { with a name you want, but you should pick something that is helpful }} \\ {\text { to the people who have to read and modify the program at some future }} \\ {\text { time. By labeling the constant }+1 \text { with the symbolic name Two, you }} \\ {\text { will confuse and mislead the people looking at your code. }}\end{array}

Work Step by Step

\begin{array}{l}{\text { No, it is not illegal, just highly misleading. You can label a piece of data }} \\ {\text { with a name you want, but you should pick something that is helpful }} \\ {\text { to the people who have to read and modify the program at some future }} \\ {\text { time. By labeling the constant }+1 \text { with the symbolic name Two, you }} \\ {\text { will confuse and mislead the people looking at your code. }}\end{array}
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