#
# "starter" program -- might be useful in testing code fragments in (x)spim
#
#### start of standard boilerplate
        .text
        .globl  main
main:
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# opening linkage (save return address)
#
        addi    $sp, $sp, -4
        sw      $ra, 0($sp)
#### end of standard boilerplate
#
# put code to assign initial values to registers here
# examples:
        addi    $s0, $zero, 10          # sets $s0 to 10
        la      $s1, A                  # sets $s1 to address of A
#
# put code to test here
# example:
        sw      $s0, 0($s1)             # stores 10 in A[0]
#### start of more standard boilerplate
#
# closing linkage (get return address and restore stack pointer)
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        lw      $ra, 0($sp)
        addi    $sp, $sp, 4
        jr      $ra
        .end    main
        .data
#### end of standard boilerplate
#
# area for variables and constants
#
# example:
A:      .word   0, 0, 0, 0              # defines the equivalent of
                                        # "int A[4]"