The second volume in the Write Great Code series supplies critical information that today's computer science students don't often get in class: How to carefully choose their high-level language statements to produce efficient code. The book teaches software engineers how compilers translate high-level language statements and data structures into machine code, so they can make informed choices and produce better code without giving up any productivity and portability benefits.

The second volume in the Write Great Code series supplies the critical information that today's computer science students don't often get from college and university courses: How to carefully choose their high-level language statements to produce efficient code. Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level, teaches software engineers how compilers translate high-level language statements and data structures into machine code. Armed with this knowledge, a software engineer can make an informed choice concerning the use of those high-level structures to help the compiler produce far better machine code--all without having to give up the productivity and portability benefits of using a high-level language.