Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces: For IBM Systems and Application Programmers

By Carmine A. Cannatello

This updated and expanded edition of the #1 guide to advanced Assembler language programming does everything you wish IBM manuals would do, and more. With the help of 225 bug-free coding examples, many taken from real-world implementations, author Carmine Cannatello describes a wide range of essential Assembler coding techniques not found in most books on the subject. He also acquaints you with important MVS facilities and services and their required program interfaces, and shows you step-by-step how to program them. A complete guide for programmers working on all IBM mainframe systems, from System/360 through System/390 series mainframes, this book covers: * Testing and debugging * Assembler algorithms tested on various mainframes * Reentrant programs, branch tables, external subroutines, and other "exotic" techniques * 31-bit addressing * Extended addressability * Cross-memory services * Using the Linkage Editor Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471361763
• ISBN13: 9780471361763
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 3.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.7" x 1.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Good text!

I am a system programmer who lives in Japan. I was described in this book and most techniques by which the programming had been done had been described up to now. I want to value this book as a memo which is the textbook and settled to oneself of the junior. I am very satisfied with the content of this book.

New edition of the standard assembler reference book

This is the standard reference work for assembler programmers. The title implies that it covers the advanced instruction set, such as privileged instructions, that are used primarily by systems programmers and systems software developers. This edition is almost identical to the first edition, but with new chapters on extended addressability, the assembler and the linkage editor. Early chapters include assembler basics such as register usage, building macros and programming style.

An excellent, and rare, assembler reference

Assembler reference books are hard-to-find these days, much less good ones. This is a superb, detailed, and very thorough reference. This book presents, in good depth, a vast array of important programming issues that are not even mentioned in most other Assembler books (if you can even find one!). Highly recommended.

A must-read for every systems programmer

This is probably the best book on MVS Assembler in the market at the moment. If you have not read this book cover to cover yet, you should hang yourself in shame. It's not just an Assembler book, it's a Bible of the MVS internals. A sound training in Assembler is indeed required to grasp the contents of the book, but you don't have to be an Assembler Guru to start reading it.

Absolutely necessary for real assembly language programmers

I have 25 years experience with IBM 360/370/390 assembly languge programming. Very good book. Good examples. I use it often. It covers PRACTICAL, USEFUL techniques and facilities. I would welcome a new edition with more current MVS features, macros etc, as this is very well done. However, until this happens, I suspect that I'll still be using this version on a regular basis.