My guess is you speak of s390 assembler which "gas" is not. It is more like UNIX assembler. A good starting point for you to go to and see if you REALLY want to venture into this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language
I think you will agree that it lacks the versatility of BAL s390. Richard (Gaz) Gasiorowski Global System z Linux Virutalization and Mainframce Services Product Manager Americas RPE Portfolio Platform Services CSC 3170 Fairview Park Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042 845-889-8533|Work|845-392-7889 Cell|rgasi...@csc.com|www.csc.com This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. From: Patrick Spinler <spinler.patr...@mayo.edu> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/19/2009 02:55 PM Subject: Re: assembler and LINUX -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thomas David Rivers wrote: >> Hello ! >> I am an experienced assembler programmer, BUT I do not have any clue how >> to write , assemble etc. in LINUX , where do I start ?? Any help >> is appreciated . Thanks Gunter >> gas, part of the gnu compiler suite, is the standard supported assembler on (most? all?) linuxes. As other posters mentioned, though, programming in assembly is incredibly rare, and only done in very specific niches. Otherwise, at least program in c, if not something higher. If you're very experienced in assembler, transitioning to c will be relatively painless. Many of the issues that people have a hard time wrapping their technique around, such as pointers and memory (de)allocation, are very familiar to assembly coders. - -- Pat -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksFomIACgkQNObCqA8uBswsGACfc5x2sviHZjwvYuv32jJWkPsB Q3cAoJYRQLwAitJdPV3vFezDTngxDaKU =fgQY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
