IBM Assembly Language Processor
(Redirected from ALP)
| IBM Assembly Language Processor | |
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| Name | ALP |
| Version | 4.00.008 (2001) |
| Vendor | IBM |
| Author | Steve Turner |
| Licence | IPLA |
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The Assembly Language Processor (ALP) is a macro assembler from IBM that offers a native mode and a MASM 5.1 compatible mode, and indeed intended to replace the Microsoft Assembler product for use on OS/2 systems especially for driver development. ALP was available in versions for OS/2 and AIX, versions with dates later than 1995 also support a subset of the MASM 6.x language.
Features
ALP generates standard OMF files that can be linked to produce DOS or OS/2 executables. Symbolic debugging information is compatible with IBM's source code debuggers.
Version
- 1.03.273 (May 1995)
- 4.00.000 (1996) - IBM Developer Connection Vol. 11
- 4.00.003
- 4.00.004
- 4.00.005 (Sep 1997) - IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp Version 4
- Enhancements:
- Additional MASM 6.00 constructs supported:
- EXTERNDEF, UNION, and OPTION directives
- LENGTHOF, SIZEOF, and OPATTR operators
- BASIC, C, PASCAL, SYSCALL keywords on the COMM, EXTERN, PUBLIC, and PROC directives
- EXPORT keyword as an argument to the PROC directive
- Structure and union types can now be imbedded within other structure and union types
- Support for true arrays
- Support for the Pentium Pro instruction set
- Improved symbolic debugging output
- Improved online documentation
- Fixes and compatibility enhancements
- Additional MASM 6.00 constructs supported:
- Enhancements:
- 4.00.008 (2001)
- Prerequisites
- OS/2 Warp
- Link386 or compatible linker
Product Documentation
- Assembly Language Processor Reference Guide - May 1995
- ALP Programming Guide and Reference - Oct 1997
- Assembly Language Processor (ALP) Assembler Reference
Related Article
- Gruber; Turner: Developers Enjoy the "ALP"s (Assembly Language Processor)
Links
- Add-ons
- [ALP_MXG.ZIP] - By default the native mode on ALP is 32 bits only while the otherwise less capable MASM 5.1 emulation mode allows mixed 16/32 bit code. This patch allows you to use mixed 16/32 bit code in native ALP mode.
- [masm2alp.zip] - Utility that converts MASM projects to ALP projects.