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ASSIST: Three year's experience with a student-oriented assembler

Published: 01 January 1973 Publication History

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ASSIST is a high-speed assembler/interpreter system for IBM System/360 and related computers. It is designed primarily for efficient processing of student jobs, and offers a number of educational features. ASSIST is now being used at a number of installations under widely varying circumstances. This paper analyzes the design process and decisions leading to ASSIST, concentrating on the factors felt to be most important to its usage. Implementation problems and experiences are noted, and conclusions drawn from them regarding the design of student job processors and desired operating system facilities to support them.

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Mashey, J. R., Campbell, G. M., and Forney, C. Jr., Assist - A self Modifiable Assembler for Instructional Purposes, Proc ACM (Aug 1972), 310-312.
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Jones, B. Royce, RPSS: A Batch Monitor System, M.S. Thesis, Pennsylvania State University Computer Science Dept., March 1972.
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Jones, B. Royce, The Resident Processor Scheduling System: An Overview, SHARE SSD#215 (Oct. 5, 1971) C-5567.
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Mashey, John R., and Campbell, G. M., ASSIST INTRODUCTORY ASSEMBLER USER'S MANUAL, 48 pages. Pennsylvania State University Computer Science Department.

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      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 5, Issue 1
      Proceedings of the 3rd SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
      February 1973
      171 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/953053
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        SIGCSE '73: Proceedings of the third SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
        January 1973
        185 pages
        ISBN:9781450373753
        DOI:10.1145/800010
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      Published: 01 January 1973
      Published in SIGCSE Volume 5, Issue 1

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      1. Computer science education
      2. Student assembler
      3. Student job processing
      4. Systems programming instruction

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