I haven't read it, but surely nobody could question the credentials of the author (ז״ל). I miss him.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of René Jansen [rene.vincent.jan...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2022 9:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Assembler courses I don’t know if someone on the assembler list mentioned this already, but https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidcp.marist.edu%2Fdocuments%2F33945%2F44724%2FAssembler.V2.alntext%2BV2.00.pdf%2Fad61965e-8485-65e1-f385-e5cd56f08c63%3Ft%3D1551806232272&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7Ca8141b8f50784d579bf208da9978d579%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637991043314749524%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=c0XkXdhzNBoLf%2Bu1AjGbrI9WXLtivAFVMotq8J32cc0%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidcp.marist.edu%2Fdocuments%2F33945%2F44724%2FAssembler.V2.alntext%2BV2.00.pdf%2Fad61965e-8485-65e1-f385-e5cd56f08c63%3Ft%3D1551806232272&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7Ca8141b8f50784d579bf208da9978d579%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637991043314749524%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=c0XkXdhzNBoLf%2Bu1AjGbrI9WXLtivAFVMotq8J32cc0%3D&reserved=0> should be everything you need, and it’s free! Plus other resources on https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidcp.marist.edu%2Fassembler-resources&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7Ca8141b8f50784d579bf208da9978d579%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637991043314749524%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fIPsXHRJZ4VJO1kJdZzNvg%2FZCiI63Nb1yEpcTW49QQo%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidcp.marist.edu%2Fassembler-resources&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7Ca8141b8f50784d579bf208da9978d579%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637991043314749524%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fIPsXHRJZ4VJO1kJdZzNvg%2FZCiI63Nb1yEpcTW49QQo%3D&reserved=0>. Actually, it is so good that I tried to get the bookie source to modernise it a bit - make it searchable etc. I called John’s old boss and department … but it’s complicated … Best regards,. René. > On 18 Sep 2022, at 15:11, Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Twenty years ago I wrote a few programs for Excel, and didn't see what all > the fuss was about: "object-oriented" didn't seem very different from > traditional programming that I'd been doing for 25 years. (At the same time > I was frequently infuriated at the message "...does not support this property > or method", exactly because I ~didn't~ understand what was different about OO > coding.) > > Eventually a VBA programmer advised me a bit more, and I'm now an enthusiast, > about OO at least. Not so much about the Visual flavors of Basic itself, but > it was my introduction to OO and it is at least available on all Windows > machines and in all MS Office apps, which is handy. > > What confuses me (so far) is the concept of addressability in HLASM. Every > time I make a stab at writing my first assembler program I get a little > closer, but I'm still not there yet. In other assemblers I got quite > familiar with indirect and offset addressing - it isn't that - but what > exactly happens with the USING instruction still eludes me. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Revenge can be bitter-sweet. But if you sit back and watch, karma can be > pure entertainment. -found on Facebook 2015 */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Tom Brennan > Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2022 00:59 > > As for programming, I seem to do better starting at the bottom, with > instructions, registers, PSW bits and such, and moving up from there. Higher > level languages and especially Object Oriented code tend to confuse me. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
