[Info-vax] Native compilers

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In article <226d2c3c-996d-45f5-8c01-9fa650ae016dn at googlegroups.com>, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> writes:
>With all the various threads talking about compilers and such, here's a "demo" (compilers are hard to demo) of a the native Macro compiler.
>
>$ type hw.mar
>..TITLE  hello
>..PSECT RDATA,NOWRT,SHR,NOPIC,NOEXE,RD,QUAD
>HI:     .ASCID /Hello, World!/
>..PSECT CODE,NOWRT,SHR,PIC,EXE,RD,QUAD
>START:: .CALL_ENTRY PRESERVE=<>,MAX_ARGS=0,HOME_ARGS=TRUE
>PUSHAQ  HI
>CALLS   #1,G^LIB$PUT_OUTPUT
>BLBC    R0,10$
>MOVL    #SS$_NORMAL,R0
>10$:    RET
>..END    START
>$
>$ show system /noproc
>OpenVMS XG5P-H4S  on node X86VMS   19-FEB-2022 13:09:56.72   Uptime  2 03:28:17
>$ write sys$output f$getsyi("arch_name")
>x86_64
>$ macro hw
>$ link hw
>$ run hw
>Hello, World!

Macro is native!  That's all I need!

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