Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.glorb.com!usenet.stanford.edu!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: glen herrmannsfeldt Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: IBM mainframe compilers produce object code or invoke assembler? Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:46:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <11-05-002@comp.compilers> References: <11-04-040@comp.compilers> <11-04-041@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: gal.iecc.com 1304311748 42949 64.57.183.58 (2 May 2011 04:49:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 04:49:08 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: linker Posted-Date: 02 May 2011 00:49:08 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.compilers:111 Thomas David Rivers wrote: John wrote: > [What OS object features can't the usual IBM assemblers produce? -John] For the OS/360 object files, I don't believe there is anything that the assembler can't produce, but with LE and GOFF, there are some things. I don't remember them, and a web search doesn't show them. Well, the assemblers have PUNCH which lets you write any bits you want into the object file. That is sometimes used to generate linker control cards into the object deck, and also to generate the SYSGEN files, which all come from the assembler. -- glen