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Re: IBM mainframe compilers produce object code or invoke assembler?

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compilers@is-not-my.name wrote:

>Does anyone happen to know if the traditional IBM language products like
>COBOL, PL/I, FORTRAN etc. invoke the assembler internally to produce object
>code, or if they produce object code directly? ...

In general; they produce object code.  The compilers have to take
advantage of object-specific features that are not available via the
assembler syntax.

The Dignus compilers produce assembler, and we have to provide our own
assembler that not only is IBM compatible, but also has support for
these features.

And, due to the various complexities of IBM assembler syntax, it's
frequently the case that the compile step is much faster than the
assemble step.

   - Dave Rivers -
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[What OS object features can't the usual IBM assemblers produce? -John]

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Re: IBM mainframe compilers produce object code or invoke assembler? compilers@is-not-my.name - 2011-04-27 21:19 +0000
  Re: IBM mainframe compilers produce object code or invoke assembler? Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> - 2011-04-27 19:05 -0400
    Re: IBM mainframe compilers produce object code or invoke assembler? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-04-27 23:46 +0000
  Re: IBM mainframe compilers produce object code or invoke assembler? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-04-27 23:22 +0000
  Re: IBM mainframe compilers produce object code or invoke assembler? arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) - 2011-04-29 07:31 +0000

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