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.data #section for declaring variables
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hello: .asciiz "Hello world!" #asciiz automatically adds the null terminator. If it's .ascii it doesn't have it.
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.text # beginning of code
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main: # a label, which can be used with jump and branching instructions.
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la $a0, hello # load the address of hello into $a0
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li $v0, 4 # set the syscall to print the string at the address $a0
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syscall # make the system call
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li $v0, 10 # set the syscall to exit
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syscall # make the system call
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