Exit interfaces and module attributes (was: Base-less ...)

2013-12-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
This thread seems to nave diverged into ASSEMBLER-LIST and IBM-MAIN. I'm extending the topic. A contributor said in ASSEMBLER LIST: ... I am trying to decide to convert it to baseless or write an assembler stub and redo the exit in C. In a perfect universe, a stub would be needless.

Re: Exit interfaces and module attributes (was: Base-less ...)

2013-12-06 Thread Scott Ford
Gil, I appreciate what you said. In the perfect world ( wasn't that a Blondie song), the API calls, linkage between languages would be well documented and extensive samples. But life and code and development sometimes are messy, so experimentation is necessary. I ask questions, because like

Re: Exit interfaces and module attributes (was: Base-less ...)

2013-12-06 Thread John McKown
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.comwrote: This thread seems to nave diverged into ASSEMBLER-LIST and IBM-MAIN. I'm extending the topic. A contributor said in ASSEMBLER LIST: ... I am trying to decide to convert it to baseless or write an assembler

Re: Exit interfaces and module attributes (was: Base-less ...)

2013-12-06 Thread Lloyd Fuller
From: Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, December 6, 2013 1:33 PM Subject: Re: Exit interfaces and module attributes (was: Base-less ...) Gil, I appreciate what you said. In the perfect world ( wasn't that a Blondie song), the API calls, linkage

Re: Exit interfaces and module attributes (was: Base-less ...)

2013-12-06 Thread Tony Harminc
On 6 December 2013 13:22, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: Would Metal C remove the need for an Assembler stub? In this case, probably. But Metal C is not a general substitute for assembler language, even though you can have inline assembler statements. Notably, the compiler has

Re: Exit interfaces and module attributes (was: Base-less ...)

2013-12-06 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 3143369843874551.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu, on 12/06/2013 at 12:22 PM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com said: About 40 years ago, before I had any OS/360 exposure, an Expert boasted to me that the calling conventions of OS were absolutely homogeneous -- a subroutine in any