Ah, memories! I still have my copy of P J Brown's book around here somewhere. Seminal work.
I was not aware of Prof. Cole's book, thanks for the link. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jeremy Nicoll Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 5:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ISPF for mainframe Linux On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, at 22:21, Seymour J Metz wrote: > The term macro has been used for programs called from within the > assembler since the 1950s, and the generated text was rescanned. In > the TSO world, edit macros written in CLIST are subject to controlled > rescans while edit macros written in REXX are not. > > There's a lot more to the history than what's in the wiki article. Yes I know. I've read two textbooks cover-to-cover on macro processing: A J Cole's - Macro Processors https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/34593/Macro-Processors/__;!!Ebr-cpPeAnfNniQ8HSAI-g_K5b7VKg!ZoBT40xWxZcyxj-LEA72fMzpuiA1gm-sW0Hhak6XzJ_Q5Tjd6Hwq-yCXy6tWjKWiZDFGXg$ (Prof Cole was the Comp Sci prof at St Andrews University, in Scotland, where I'm ashamed to say I didn't work very hard, but sang in lots and lots of choirs. I bought and read most of my textbook collection after graduating.) P J Brown - Macro Processors and Techniques for Portable Software https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/10153/Macro-Processors-and-Techniques-for-Portable-Software/__;!!Ebr-cpPeAnfNniQ8HSAI-g_K5b7VKg!ZoBT40xWxZcyxj-LEA72fMzpuiA1gm-sW0Hhak6XzJ_Q5Tjd6Hwq-yCXy6tWjKXWPq5yjw$ (IIRC Peter Brown was a prof elsewhere - Univ of Canterbury? - and I do remember him coming as a visiting lecturer.) -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
