Re: IBM Assembler as a First C.Sc. subject

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From: Jeff Dwork
Date: Tue, 01 May 1990 19:29

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In article <9004281635.AA13156@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> IBM 370 Assembly
        Programming Discussion List <ASM370@OHSTVMA.IRCC.OHIO-STATE.EDU> writes:
>As many of you are doubtless well aware, a discussion is currently
>raging in comp.edu and overflowing into other groups concerning
>the ideal language for C.Sc. courses.  I think I'm in a fairly
>unique position in that the first language taught in my C.Sc. course
>was SPASM - IBM Single Pass Assembler. Yes, quite amazing.
>
>Anyone else out there in a similar position (apart from graduates
>of Trinity College, Dublin ?).
>--

As an undergrad at MIT in 1965 or 66, I was taught FAP (Fortran Assembly
Program) - 7094 assembler.

At grad school (Stanford 1970), it was IBM360 assembler using a single pass
assembler also called SPASM (or SPAS?).

The availability of hardware simplified the language choice.

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Jeff
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