Re: The best place to begin learning Assembler

--- In [email protected], Ron Hudson <hudson.ra@...> wrote:
>
> Sounds like   um ...fun...
> 
> Do you have assembly with the code listings?
> 
> 00008 18 12  label   LR   1,2
> 
> (hmm did I get that right?)

You can generate the assembly listing. From my xref:

IEBGENRT MVSSRC.SYM202.F14

so just point your IFOX00 SYSIN to
MVSSRC.SYM202.F14(IEBGENRT)

and see how it goes (ie you should get an assembler
listing). That is the source code for IEBGENER, which 
you're presumably familiar with.

I use this as an example because it's one that
has already been worked through (ie the errors
you will encounter have been resolved).

> Things I don't know right now:
> 
> Assembly idiom = When there are different ways 
> to do things what is the
> most accepted. Linkages and stuff too (I have 
> some of that from examples
> sent to me in email)

Just use pre-canned code for that.

> MACROS = what macros are available, what do they do?

It is rare that you need to create a macro,
and when you need to use a macro, it will
be obvious because you are more-or-less
forced to use it (by the documentation).

BFN.  Paul.

P.S. To the other message about an infant swimming,
I even tried to get my mother interested in the
project. It requires intelligence, but only mildly
requires assembler skills.