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From: rpb@dasys1.UUCP (Robert Brady)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.asm370
Subject: texts
Summary: Looking for a good self teaching guide
Message-ID: <11020@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 89 13:13:12 GMT
Reply-To: rpb@dasys1.UUCP (Robert Brady)
Organization: Datamerica Systems, NYC
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	I've been programming micro assembler (65xxx and 80x86) for some
years along with C and keeping tabs on other languages. Recently I got
a job in a mainframe IBM environment and have the choices of BASIC 
(I can't get an executable out of it - it 'compiles' to tokens), COBOL,
FORTRAN, and 370 assembler. While I am checking into FORTRAN I would 
like to get to know the assembler set. I have access to infinite source
examples but this is quite different from anything I have seen micro. For
instance, BALR. Branch Always Left Right? Also, I have yet to see a CALL,
JUMP, GOSUB, RETURN, or anything of the type.  

	So, to make a long story short (in other words, you could
have skipped the last paragraph) I am looking for reference books that
are readable by a non - professor. I can usually read college texts but
there are extremes. Thanks

 
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