Publisher's Synopsis
The book is a text for student study courses uses an IBM mainframe computer. It follows structured programming techniques and explains the motivation behind the implementation of assembly instructions in terms of computer organization. It also introduces each language statement by explaining the reason behind its implementation and discusses how the instruction forms a component of the the language and covers the essential tools, including subprograms, of structured programming. Used in the book are numerous examples to describe input/output instructions, addressing memory, job control language and more.