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Article #2472Re: Using C as an aid to hand writing assembler
From: Frank Adams
Date: Fri, 09 May 1986 20:20
Date: Fri, 09 May 1986 20:20
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In article <2336@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > Some years ago when I was learning 6800 assembler (anybody remember >D2 kits?) I used to first write everything in C and then hand compile it >into M6800 asm. When I told my professor (are you reading this Professor >Efe?) that I did this instead of drawing flow-charts, he laughed at me, Well, he shouldn't have. Writing "pseudo-code" first (it needn't be compilable or even in a well-defined language) is a standard design technique, both for assembly code and for code in higher level languages. In my experience, it is a lot more common than flow-chart writing. Flow charts are appropriate only for the rare program with an inherently very complex flow of control. In other words, if you find you need to write a flow chart to get the logic right, you should first try to go back and redesign the algorithm, or modularize it better. Frank Adams ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Multimate International 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: Using C as an aid to hand writing assembler Message-ID: <1435@mmintl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-May-86 16:20:55 EDT Article-I.D.: mmintl.1435 Posted: Fri May 9 16:20:55 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 11-May-86 04:16:13 EDT References: <817@harvard.UUCP> <Navajo.494> <460@cubsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT Lines: 17