Month: June 2022

After a good bit of experimentation with QSM, a testing plugin for WordPress, I’m happy with the tests I can produce online. I’ve settled on 10 questions per test grouped around a single idea like “Binary Data”. I’ve built ten tests so far, and I’ll keep adding more tests each week until there is a sufficient number of tests to cover a first course.

To take a test, select TEST BANK on the home page and choose a test from a list. The results are displayed online, and you can have them emailed to yourself if you like. Let me know if you uncover an error. Tests, like programs, are difficult to construct, and “punctilious” is a goal for me, and not always reality.

The point of a USING statement is to inform the assembler which register to choose and which displacement to create when generating object code addresses. The IBM System/360 started with a single USING statement. Today, we have access to several different formats for creating USING statements. Are you familiar with them? If not, start here with a discussion of Labeled (or Named) USING statements. This kind of USING has distinct advantages over simple USING statements, especially in situations where the same data structure occurs multiple times and needs to be referenced simultaneously (as in linked lists). Here is some code you can use to play with these ideas.