Steve, Agree, I learned Assembler first then self-taught in C ... Only played with Java, I actually like python...
Scott On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 4:06 PM Steve Smith <sasd...@gmail.com> wrote: > I entirely agree. The syntax for mapping C variables to in-line assembler > code is hideous and error-prone (at least for me). Conversely, the linkage > for an assembler subroutine is very standard. That's the way to go if the > code requires more than a couple of variables. > > sas > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 7:08 AM David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > ... > > > > > I still maintain that some code > > is still better written in assembler. I'm a C/C++ programmer these days > > but for some subroutines an assembler program is much easier to > > understand then lots of inlined __asm() blocks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
