From 7b989eb032745825c6d870199aa977bd9d50bba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Scotto di Santolo <fabio.scottodisantolo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 16:04:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added a simple program for compare numbers

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 create mode 100644 max.asm

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+; A simple program that print in output
+; the max between two numbers.
+; 
+; Author: Fabio Scotto di Santolo
+; Date:   02/07/2025
+
+global _start
+
+section .text
+_start:
+    mov eax, [a]        ; load a value in eax register
+    mov ebx, [b]        ; load b value in ebx register
+    cmp eax, ebx        ; compare a and b values
+    jg  greater
+    jle less_or_equal
+
+less_or_equal:          ; print b is greater or equal than b
+    mov eax, 0x04       ; write syscall
+    mov ebx, 1          ; STDOUT file descriptor
+    mov ecx, msg1
+    mov edx, len1
+    int 0x80            ; trigger syscall
+    jmp end
+
+greater:                ; print a is greater than b
+    mov eax, 0x04       ; write syscall
+    mov ebx, 1          ; STDOUT file descriptor
+    mov ecx, msg2
+    mov edx, len2
+    int 0x80            ; trigger syscall
+    jmp end
+
+end:
+    ; call syscall exit
+    mov eax, 0x1
+    xor ebx, ebx        ; reset register to 0
+    int 0x80            ; trigger syscall
+
+section .data
+    a: dd 10
+    b: dd 40
+    msg1: db "A is less or equal than B", 0xA
+    len1: equ $ - msg1
+    msg2: db "A is greater than B", 0xA
+    len2: equ $ - msg2
+