• don't write specs. Users should consider themselves lucky to get any programs at all and take what they get.
• don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to read.
• don't write application programs, they pro- gram right down on the bare metal. Application programming is for feebs who can't do systems programming.
• don't eat quiche. Real programmers don't even know how to spell quiche. They eat Twinkies, Coke and palate-scorching Szechwan food.
• don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are, after all, the illiterate's form of documentation. Cavemen drew flowcharts; look how much it did for them.
• don't read manuals. Reliance on a reference is a hallmark of the novice and the coward.
• programs never work right the first time. But if you throw them on the machine they can be patched into working in only a few 30-hours debugging sessions.
• don't use Fortran. Fortran is for wimpy engineers who wear white socks, pipe stress freaks, and crystallography weenies. They get excited over finite state analysis and nuclear reactor simulation.
• don't use COBOL. COBOL is for wimpy application programmers.
• never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9 am, it's because they were up all night.
• don't write in BASIC. Actually, no programmers write in BASIC, after the age of 12.
• don't document. Documentation is for simps who can't read the listings or the object deck.
• don't write in Pascal, or Bliss, or Ada, or any of those pinko computer science languages. Strong typing is for people with weak memories.
• know better than the users what they need.
• think structured programming is a communist plot.
• don't use schedules. Schedules are for manager's toadies. Real programmers like to keep their manager in suspense.
• think better when playing adventure.
• don't use PL/I. PL/I is for insecure momma's boys who can't choose between COBOL and Fortran.
• don't use APL, unless the whole program can be written on one line.
• don't use LISP. Only effeminate programmers use more parentheses than actual code.
• disdain structured programming. Structured programming is for compulsive, prematurely toilet-trained neurotics who wear neckties and carefully line up sharpened pencils on an otherwise uncluttered desk.
• don't like the team programming concept. Unless, of course, they are the Chief Programmer.
• have no use for managers. Managers are a necessary evil. Managers are for dealing with personnel bozos, bean counters, senior planners and other mental defectives.
• scorn floating point arithmetic. The decimal point was invented for pansy bedwetters who are unable to 'think big.'
• don't drive clapped-out Mavericks. They prefer BMWs, Lincolns or pick-up trucks with floor shifts. Fast motorcycles are highly regarded.
• don't believe in schedules. Planners make up schedules. Managers 'firm up' schedules. Frightened coders strive to meet schedules. Real programmers ignore schedules.
• like vending machine popcorn. Coders pop it in the microwave oven. Real programmers use the heat given off by the cpu. They can tell what job is running just by listening to the rate of popping.
• know every nuance of every instruction and use them all in every real program. Puppy architects won't allow execute instructions to address another execute as the target instruction. Real programmers despise such petty restrictions.
• don't bring brown bag lunches to work. If the vending machine sells it, they eat it. If the vending machine doesn't sell it, they don't eat it. Vending machines don't sell quiche.

MOVE.L  #1000,A0       ;bring address in A0          
MOVE    #1,(A0)        ;write 1 into this address

RECORD: 
  DC.W 2                ;number of entries -1                  
  DC.W 1,2,3            ;elements of list

CLR.L   D0            ;erase D0 completely                   
MOVE.L  #RECORD,A0    ;address of list in A0                   
MOVE    (A0),D0       ;number of elements -1 in D0                   
MOVE    1(A0,D0),D1   ;last element in D1                   ...           
RECORD: DC.W 2                ;number of entries -1                   
DC.W 1,2,3            ;elements of list



CMP  #2,D1
CMP   #2,D1      ;comparison,or subtraction
                 BNE   UNEQUAL    ;branch,if not equal(Z flag not set)
                 MOVE  #0,D2      ;otherwise execute D2=0
        
          UNEQUAL:

 T        true,corresponds to BRA
          F        false,never branches
          HI       higher than                   C'* Z'
          LS       lower or same                 C   Z
          CC,HS    carry clear,higher or same    C'
          CS,LO    carry set,lower               C
          NE       not equal                     Z'
          EQ       equal                         Z
          VC       overflow clear                V'
          VS       overflow set                  V
          PL       plus,positive
          MI       minus,negative
          GE       greater or equal              N*V N'*V'
          LT       less than                     N*V' N'*V
          GT       greater than                  N*V*Z' N'*V'*Z'
          LE       less or equal                 Z   N*V'   N'*V

 ---------------------------------------------------
      Bcc     Label         conditional branch,depends on condition
      BRA     Label         unconditional branch(similar to JMP)
      BSR     Label         branch to subprogram.Return address is
                            deposited on stack,RTS causes return to that
                            address.
      CHK     <ea>,Dx       check data register for limits,activate the
                            CHK instruction exception.
      DBcc    Reg,Label     check condition,decrement and branch
      JMP     Label         jump to address(similar to BRA)
      JSR     Label         jump to subroutine.Return address is
                            deposited on stack,RTS causes return to that
                            address.
      NOP                   no operation
      RESET                 reset peripherals(caution!)
      RTE                   return from exception
      RTR                   return with loading of flags
      RTS                   return from subroutine(after BSR and JSR)
      Scc     <ea>          set a byte to -1 when condition is met
      STOP                  stop processing(caution!)
      TRAP #n               jump to an exception
      TRAPV

• Tilebased
• Too fast
• not yet solved - TargetFields constantly

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Antares: Wrap-Up and Final Rating