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> My first 360 assembler class our first assignment: add two numbers, fault, print the crashdump and circle the answer to the ADD in the printout. > I wrote an
by aleph_minus_one 2y ago
> My first 360 assembler class our first assignment: add two numbers, fault, print the crashdump and circle the answer to the ADD in the printout.
> I wrote an RPN calculator, had it do a series of calculations and print the result. Turned that in.
The teacher wanted you to learn:
1. how to write a (very simple) assembly program for 360 to add to numbers
2. how to create a fault
3. how to print a crashdump
4. how to read a crashdump
By using a RPN calculator, you learned none of these objectives.
- JoeAltmaier 2y agoNot 'using'. Writing. In assembler. A full RPN calculator. Which, by the way, required accomplishing those bullet points many times over. Obvious to anybody who's ever written anything in assembler.