.file	"skel.c"	# generated skeleton main program
	.data
msg:	.ascii "Hello world\n"
len	= . - msg		# length of string.
				# '.' is the location symbol
	.text
	.align 2
.globl main
	.type	main,@function
main:
	pushl	%ebp
	movl	%esp, %ebp
	subl	$8, %esp	# probably done for safety cushion
	andl	$-16, %esp
	
	pushl	%ebx		# said to be a "callee save"
#  direct call to kernel for writing a string ----------
	mov	$msg,%ecx	# Address of message
	mov	$len, %edx	# length of message -- yes, you need $ for all consts.
	mov	$1, %ebx	# STDOUT
	mov	$4, %eax	# sys_write service
	int	$0x80		# kernel call (interrupt) -- even here a $.
	
#  by contrast, the same string can be written by calling printf
#		of course printf has more capabilities
	push	$msg		# push argument (addr. of string) on stack
	call	printf		# call the function
	add	$4, %esp	# remove argument from stack

exitcode:			# return 0;
	popl	%ebx
#	movl	$0, %eax
#	subl	%eax, %esp
	movl	$0, %eax
	leave
	ret
.Lfe1:
	.size	main,.Lfe1-main
	.ident	"GCC: (GNU) 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)"