Re: Assembler III at Latham, NY 12110, USA

I think the steel toe shoes are probably valid in the corporate environment as well as the job site environment On Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 5:55 PM Paul Gilmartin < 0014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote: > On 2019-03-18, at 17:12:59, Donald Blake wrote: > > > Fellow assembler

Re: Transactional Execution - anybody used it?

I believe that one of the primary uses of the transactional execution facility is to solve the ABA problem in a lightweight and efficient manner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABA_problem On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 9:10 AM, Ngan, Robert wrote: > I looked into it, but we don't have

Re: COBOL CALLing ALC ...

Look at the Test Addressing Mode (TAM) instruction, On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Steve Thompson wrote: > I am trying to determine how I am supposed to know if a COBOL program is > AMODE=31/ANY when they call an ALC subroutine. > > The routine getting control has just

Re: EQUATE symbol

WSDSECTL DC A(L'WSDSECT) WSDSECTX DSECT , DS 1000XL1 DS 1000XL1 DS 1000XL1 DS 1000XL1 DS 1000XL1 DS 1000XL1 WSDSECT EQU WSDSECTX,*-WSDSECTX Note: this will work in a non-dsect situation also. On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 7:39 AM, michelbutz wrote: > Hi >

Re: Storage Question

n I would think ? > > A storage release when I am done and the tcb ends > > Scott > > On Sunday, April 17, 2016, Sam Siegel <s...@pscsi.net> wrote: > > > Scott. Does the storage need to out live the tcb which allocates it? > > On Apr 17, 2016 11:31 AM, "S

Re: Storage Question

Scott. Does the storage need to out live the tcb which allocates it? On Apr 17, 2016 11:31 AM, "Scott Ford" wrote: > All: > > I have a question about storage and for purpose of this discussion 31-bit > storage. > If a program key=0, wants to create an area of storage and

Re: Assembler Quiz

Interesting. I hope i never see code like this. ;-) On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 3:07 PM, John Ehrman ehr...@us.ibm.com wrote: Steve Smith asked for the answer to my quiz question of March 23: While we're having fun: under what circumstances is the character sequence (4)(3)(2)(1)

Re: Assembler Quiz

I would say just before lift-off. On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:32 PM, John Ehrman ehr...@us.ibm.com wrote: While we're having fun: under what circumstances is the character sequence (4)(3)(2)(1) legal as part of a machine instruction operand, not part of a quoted string, not part of a

Re: An Interesting Technique

On Feb 15, 2015 7:48 AM, esst...@juno.com esst...@juno.com wrote: I stumbled across a small routine whose function is to issue a STIMER and return to the caler, when the Time Limit Expires. What I found interesting was the way this routine saved the return code. . . STIMER

Re: SNAP macro for storage above the 2G bar?

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Peter Relson rel...@us.ibm.com wrote: It is unlikely that SNAP will ever be extended to support data above 2G. IEATDUMP is the intended thing to use. Some organizations restrict the use of IPCS to systems programmers, Is this really true? Obviously that is a

Re: SNAP macro for storage above the 2G bar?

I agree. However, the bank at which I work takes a different view. On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:36 AM, John Gilmore jwgli...@gmail.com wrote: My point, which I thought obvious, was that restricting access to tools is worse than silly. It is also otiose, and thus even less defensible---an

Re: LE and subtasks

Tony. In z/os I've done the following: 1) root task attaches non-le asm subtaks. 2) each sub tasks issues pipi with parms for non- main program 3) each sub task saves and reuses its own le token. 4) each sub task call LE program via pipi and passes parms as documented. I'm not at office, so I

Re: LE and subtasks

remember if it was the CEEPIPI(init_sub_dp) function? Tony Thigpen -Original Message - From: Sam Siegel Sent: 07/05/2014 01:51 PM Tony. In z/os I've done the following: 1) root task attaches non-le asm subtaks. 2) each sub tasks issues pipi with parms for non- main program 3

Re: MultiTasking question

, Sam Siegel s...@pscsi.net wrote: Then it will probably also need to be passed a flag which can be tested to see if it is time to shutdown or continue processing. The main task can post the shutdown flag at the appropriate time. Once shutdown its posted, the subtask winds up its

Re: MultiTasking question

Scott - Yes ... at the high-level this seems correct. I'm assuming that the mainline will be doing other work while the sub-task is running. If the task which attaches the sub-task abends, the sub-task will also be abended by z/OS. So you will probably need to consider how the sub-task handles

Re: MultiTasking question

multitask ...I am looking over your example you sent me sometime ago ...between crazy customer requests . Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' On Nov 25, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Sam Siegel s...@pscsi.net wrote: Scott - Yes ... at the high

Re: MultiTasking question

... Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' On Nov 25, 2013, at 5:13 PM, Sam Siegel s...@pscsi.net wrote: Scott. That sample code might be overly complex for what you need. Is the new sub-task attached from your true mainline

Re: Generated macro code

Mark - Look to see if PCONTROL(GEN,ON) is in effect.. Sam On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Mark Boonie boo...@us.ibm.com wrote: I have a macro that generates other macros as well as DSECTs, equates, etc. If I issue PRINT NOGEN and then invoke the macro in order to define the new macros,

Re: AMODE(24). How much is there?

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Ed Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.comwrote: I saw a discussionon IBM-MAINrecently about how many MVS TCBs was too many MVS TCBs in an address space. System control blocks like TCB, located in LSQA below 16MB, will likely never be moved above 16MB since it's

Re: Happy Gilmore (was Length question)

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Gerhard Postpischil gerh...@valley.netwrote: On 4/14/2013 8:26 AM, John Gilmore wrote: Mr Perryman saw fit to convert a technical disagreement into a personal one. I have no wish contribute to this second discussion except to note that ad hominem arguments

Re: Storage and Tokens

Scott - I guess it depends on who needs to access the data and how they access it? Same address space? Different address space? Serialization requirements? Etc. Sam On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com wrote: All: I have a storage related Assembler question,

Re: Storage and Tokens

are generated via a RACF exit .. got it ... will have to let other comment. seems reasonable to me. Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com/ From: Sam Siegel s...@pscsi.net To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, April 10

Re: Addressing issue

Scott - The following are some posabilities: 1) Don't want to recompile HLL code because of retesting required to prove output 2) Lost source source 3) Link/Call to vendor API that is below the line and product is out of license or vendor is out of business. 4) Link/Call to in-house written

Re: SVC 34

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Lindy Mayfield lindy.mayfi...@sas.comwrote: Mr. Gilmore I would consider a friend until he tells me otherwise. For each of his erudite tit there is my inane tat. It takes two to tango. Piazzolla is my favorite. Cannatello tells how to write an SVC, and his

Re: the fine manuals

Try pressing CTRL+ to enlarge and CTRL- to shrink On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Kirk Talman rkueb...@tsys.com wrote: at this link http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r13%2Fzosr13home.html i get displays that need 200% zoom to be readable. I

Re: Detecting RMODE at assembly time

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 9:41 AM, John Gilmore jwgli...@gmail.com wrote: EJ's points are well taken as usual. An inference from his position, one that he politely omits to draw himself, is clear. There is little excuse for the continuing existence and use of RMODE(24) applications. They

Re: Assembler programmers wanted

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Mike Shaw quick...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Robert Shimizu bshim...@colesoft.com wrote: snip... And, truth be told, he wants them to be as young as possible. snip Sincerely, Bob -- Robert W. Shimizu Partner ColeSoft

Re: Non-Flexible VSAM macros

sys1.modgen(ifgacb) On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Bodoh John Robert john.robert.bo...@irs.gov wrote: I have been trying to use the VSAM macros to generate and modify an ACB. One of the things I would like to modify is the DDNAME. The DDNAME actually comes into my program as a parameter

Re: code comments (Was: VarIabLe DD names in VSAM)

LOL --Original Message-- From: Tony Thigpen Sender: IBM Mainframe Assembler List To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU ReplyTo: IBM Mainframe Assembler List Subject: code comments (Was: VarIabLe DD names in VSAM) Sent: Feb 10, 2012 3:31 AM Code that said: Mike told me this condition could

Re: EODAD mystery

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.comwrote: I think I may be missing something here, but I can't pin it down. Program A contains DCB/DCBE for a file; the DCBE has EODAD=ENDIFILE The routine called ENDIFILE contains just this: oiy flags,endInfile

Re: Cross-Memory question

Hi Jacques - What you have described is possible and it is also complex and error prone. Perhaps you can describe what you want to achieve as there are a lot of really sharp guys on this list that can give you many different ways to accomplish the same task. Sam On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:24

Re: Problem to create member in PDS in assembler

Jacques - You must OPEN the dataset prior to writing to it. You should (but are not required to) close the dataset after the last I/O operation and before returning to the operating system. I'm not sure about the correctness of the STOW as I don't have a manual handy. On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at

Re: z12 new instruction list

CCTA - Convert COBOL to Assembler CCTU - Convert COBOL to UNIX On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Tony Harminc t...@harminc.com wrote: Well it finally *is* Friday, so I feel I can vote for my all time favorite. HCF - Halt and Catch Fire. Tony H.

Re: ASM vs HLL (Was: CPU: ASSM vs ENTERPRISE COBOL - SOLVED!)

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote: On 4/7/2011 9:42 AM, Angel Luis Domínguez wrote: On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:32:56 +0300, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote: LE will LOAD the module on the first call and then BALR the later calls.

Re: ASM vs HLL (Was: CPU: ASSM vs ENTERPRISE COBOL - SOLVED!)

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Alex Kodat a...@sirius-software.com wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:20:41 -0400, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote: I keep attending IBM presentations that assert the code generated by the C compiler will outperform assembler. Some programmers I

Re: CPU: ASSM vs ENTERPRISE COBOL

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Thomas Berg thomas.b...@swedbank.se wrote: I have no knowledge about this but as Angel wrote: I have made a revision of assembler generated by cobol but there are a lot of LE modules involved. Could it be that these LE modules put a zIIP engine at work using

Re: CPU: ASSM vs ENTERPRISE COBOL

2011/4/4 Angel Luis Domínguez angel_luis_dominguez_mar...@yahoo.es: Unfortunately, the code is copyrighted at this moment by mi client. Probably could bee free in the future, but not now. The post and the question was in a general sense because I was surprised. Thanks a lot anyway. Are

$AVARS question

Hi, I'm new to $avars and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me why some jobs show up as PARTIAL under the CCODE column? - SUN 19 DEC 2010.353 -- $AVRS JOB SELECTION ROW 74 OF 84 COMMAND === SCROLL === CUR

Re: z/OS IARV64

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Rob Scott rsc...@rocketsoftware.comwrote: Maybe we need the z/OS manuals in a wiki somewhere so that we can all chip in :-) that is a great idea give the depth of experience of IBM-MAIN and the relatively narrow audience. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket

Re: SPM bugs

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: On Dec 6, 2010, at 03:48, D E Engelbrecht wrote: Authoritarian schemes--Programming languages constructed as dialects of Newspeak, Was its nicht erlaubt ist verboten, and the like--are always misconceived.

Re: Speciality TCBs

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Sam Siegel s...@pscsi.net wrote: On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 5:44 PM, William H. Blair wmhbl...@comcast.netwrote: Sam Siegel explains: --snip-- It is extremely unlikely that you have accidentally stumbled upon the mechanism to make this little bit of magic

Re: Speciality TCBs

-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:assembler-l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Sam Siegel Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 12:20 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST

Re: Speciality TCBs

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 1:09 PM, William H. Blair wmhbl...@comcast.netwrote: Sam Siegel requests and states: Please correct me if I'm wrong here I will since I believe you are. but isn't the method for creating zIIP-eligible enclave SRB work documented in the publicly available WLM

Re: Speciality TCBs

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 5:44 PM, William H. Blair wmhbl...@comcast.netwrote: Sam Siegel explains: --snip-- I located a copy of (the very old) SA22-7619-1 and tried to find what you might be referring to. My bad on the document revisions number. It should be -18 (SA22-7619-18) for v1r10

Re: z Linux assembler relative or friend or foe?

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.comwrote: On Jul 7, 2010, at 11:15, Paul Raulerson wrote: Linux restricts a bunch of instructions and does not allow user programs to ever run in a priv. mode. What's a user program? What's a priv. mode? What does su do?