Re: Structures in Assembly Language

From: Randall Hyde (randyhyde_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:53:01 GMT

<arargh407NOSPAM@NOW.AT.arargh.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:24:33 GMT, "Randall Hyde"
> <randyhyde@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I've read several posts concerning structures and their
> >implementation in assembly language. Given some
> >misconceptions about structures in assembly language,
> >I pieced together the following article about structures
> >in assembly.
>
> IBM 1401 autocoder (a macro assembler) from the 60's had record
> definition abilities.
>
> IBM 360 assembler had records, in a manner of speaking. (60 & 70's)
>
> I have a copy of MASM ver 2.04 from 1982. It has records.
>
> Not a new concept.

Precisely. That's why it's somewhat amazing that people are arguing
today that "structures don't belong in assembly language."
That attitude is completely absurd, particularly given the fact that
interfaces to OS API's (like Windows and Linux) pretty much require
the things.

As for the general assembly crowd, you would be amazed how many
people don't understand what structures are all about. Lots of people
learning assembly after knowing only BASIC, I suppose.
Cheers,
Randy Hyde

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