The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. -Bruce Feirstein

See writeup.txt for stategy details.

In order to align the main components of MIPS code, we will start the componets at a specific column of the file.

Use spaces for tabs.

Whenever possible, use the callee-saved $s0-$s7 registers at the beginning of the function.

Try to comment as much as possible so everyone knows what the code is doing. Comments can be the C equivalent of the instruction or several subsequent instructions, or just a general description of what the assembly is doing.

.globl total_mass
total_mass:
  sub    $sp, $sp, 16                  # Allocate stack memory
  sw     $s0, 0($sp)                   # Save $s0
  sw     $s1, 4($sp)                   # Save $s1
  sw     $s2, 8($sp)                   # Save $s2
  sw     $ra, 12($sp)                  # Save $ra
  li     $s0, 0                        # int mass = 0
  li     $s1, 0                        # int i = 0