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To examine how Relogix translates your source code, we will start by seeing what it would produce if asked to translate a source file called sample.sa, which contains just one simple subroutine.
The example shown below is written in 680x0 assembly language, but for an Intel 80x86 equivalent click here. Alternatively you can download a PDF version of the Technical Tour with IBM mainframe examples here.
sample.sa
XDEF MOVETOK
SECTION CODE
ENDMARK EQU $80000000
TOKCHAR EQU 0
TOKALT EQU 1
TOKBUF EQU 2
TOKCTR EQU 6
; Routine to move token block to buffer
MOVETOK: MOVE.L TOKCTR(A0),D0
BEQ.S DONE
TST.L TOKBUF(A0)
BEQ.S DONE
MOVE.L TOKBUF(A0),A0
LOOP: MOVE.L (A0)+,D1 ; Get token
CMP.L #ENDMARK,D1 ; Hit end marker?
BEQ.S DONE
MOVE.L D1,(A1)+ ; Move into destination
SUBQ.L #1,D0
BNE.S LOOP
DONE: RTS