[Info-vax] Native compilers

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In article <surhbf$jt$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>On 2/19/2022 1:22 PM, John Reagan wrote:
>> 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!
>>
>>
>
>Great demo.

... but not great Macro. ;)

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