Sudheen, A book I have found useful to the people I've mentored over the years is MVS Assembler Language by Kevin McQuillen. It is a very old book (around 1975; last edition 1987), but it is very well written from a beginner's point of view. You can get a used copy on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/MVS-Assembler-Language-Kevin-McQuillen/dp/0911625348. The main problem is that it was written before the days of Language Environment (LE), which you will need if you are going to have cross-language calls, especially if you're calling COBOL programs from assembler. It also doesn't discuss re-entrant coding, which is pretty much the norm today. Fortunately, this is provided by LE, but you would have to develop some understanding of LE first. If you're just starting to get into assembler, you're quite a way off from that.
David de Jongh > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of sudheen p > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Assembler info needed > > Hi All, > > Thanks all for the quick response. > > Yes,I am planning for individual study,and yes,I have a test system in > our environment where I have sufficient auth to write and execute the > code. > I have gone through the SHARE assembler presentations and looking for > some pointers to continue on the same lines. > > Thanks > Sudheen > > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Prashant m <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Thanks all for the quick response. > > > > Yes,I am planning for individual study,and yes,I have a test system in > > our environment where I have sufficient auth to write and execute the > code. > > I have gone through the SHARE assembler presentations and looking for > > some pointers to continue on the same lines. > > > > Thanks > > Sudheen > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Steve Comstock > > <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > On 3/16/2012 9:22 AM, Miklos Szigetvari wrote: > > > > > >> If you can get > > >> Cannatello: > > >> Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces > > >> > > >> and write/compile/debug as many as you can > > >> > > > > > > I disagree with that. The OP is a newbie, so I don't think jumping > > > in to Advanced Assembler is viable. > > > > > > Of course, we have classes to offer, but I gather the poster is more > > > into individual study. > > > > > > And it is not clear if Sudheen has access to a system to write and > > > test code on. > > > > > > How about more information, Sudheen? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 3/16/2012 4:18 PM, Sudheen P M wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi All, > > >>> > > >>> I am new to assembler on z/OS.I have tried to google for a > > >>> starting point to learn assembler,but unfortunately I am not able > > >>> to get one.Only thing that I keep hitting are some user/reference > > >>> guides and some presentations. > > >>> > > >>> Could I request you to provide me some pointers to docs which are > > >>> good starting point for me. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks in advance > > >>> Sudheen > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > -Steve Comstock > > > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > > > > > > 303-355-2752 > > > http://www.trainersfriend.com > > > > > > * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! > > > + Training your people is an excellent investment > > > > > > * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment > > > for training dollars at > > > http://www.trainersfriend.com/**ROI/roi.html< > > http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Prashant > > > > "By Endurance We Conquer" > >
