global _start

section .data  ; defines a section 
	msg db "Hello, x86 Assembly Language!", 0x0a
	len equ $ - msg  ; subtract the location before the message (msg) from the location after the message ($) to get the length

section .text
_start:
	mov eax, 4    ; sys_write syscall
	mov ebx, 1    ; stdout file descriptor
	mov ecx, msg  ; bytes to write
	mov edx, len  ; number of bytes to write
	int 0x80      ; perform syscall

	mov eax, 1    ; sys_exit syscall 
	mov ebx, 0    ; exit status 0 
	int 0x80      ; perform syscall