Over the decades, I too have complained of the triumph of development over design in various human creations. I have come to understand that even the best designs grow old and cannot be adapted to new challenges, much as is true of myself.
I taught myself assembler about 4.5 decades ago and have used it on three different architectures. Hlasm and its predecessors have served me well in the interim. I am thankful for those who created it and for those who keep it in existence. While there are preprocessors and program generators lurking in many corners, I know of no other language that has a powerful, built-in tool as the HLASM macro language. I have enjoyed using it to enhance my own and others productivity, and to build, grow and repair software solutions in a number of industries. Ad multos annos! IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> wrote on 08/07/2012 03:13:25 AM: > The pity is there's so little evidence of specification or > design of HLASM. It jes' growed. A dreadful example is that > divide checks evaluating arithmetic expressions are not reported > as errors. And I have an example where base and displacement > are successfully evaluated in an R[SX] instruction where an > S-constant with the same argument in apparently the same context > causes an error. ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you
