CS508 – Modern Programming Languages

Assignment No. 01
Total Marks: 20
Bc190206370
Due Date: 08-Dec-2022
Muhammad Uzair
Semester: Fall 2022

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 CS508 – Modern Programming Languages
Assignment No. 01
Total Marks: 20
Bc190206370
Due Date: 08-Dec-2022
Muhammad Uzair
Semester: Fall 2022

Lectures Covered: This assignment covers Lectures No. 01 to 08.

Make sure to watch above-mentioned video lectures, read handouts and recommended book.

Orthogonality:
In order to make a programming language easier to learn, read and write programs,
Orthogonality plays a vital role. Orthogonality addresses how relatively small number of
components that can be combined in a relatively small number of ways to get the desired
results. It is closely associated with simplicity; the more orthogonal the design, the fewer
exceptions.

As discussed in video lectures, IBM Mainframe has two different instruction sets; Register to
Register and Register to/from Memory. For example, "to add values of two registers and
store result in first register" the following command is used;

AR Reg1, Reg2
Here;
AR = Command to add values of two registers
Reg1 = Name of first register
Reg2 = Name of second register

Moreover, the following command is used "to add values of a register and a memory
location and store result in register".

A Reg1, memory_cell
Here;
A = Command to add values of a register & a memory cell
Reg1 = Name of a register
Memory_cell = Address of a memory location

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 CS508 – Modern Programming Languages
Assignment No. 01
Total Marks: 20
Bc190206370
Due Date: 08-Dec-2022
Muhammad Uzair
Semester: Fall 2022

On the other hand, VAX architecture has one instruction set for both types (i.e., register to
register and register to/from memory). For example, "to add values of first operand
(register/memory) and second operand (register/memory) and store result in first operand
(register/memory)" the following command is used;

ADDL oprand1, oprand2

Here;
ADDL = Command to add values of two operands
operand1 = Name of first operand (i.e.,
register/memory)
operand2 = Name of second operand (i.e.,
register/memory)

Since VAX architecture contains only one instruction set, so it is more Orthogonal as
compared to IBM Mainframe.

Now, keeping in view the above discussion, you must answer the following question.

Question Statement Marks

20
You are required to guess the flow of following IBM mainframe instructions and write the
resultant values of registers (i.e., A, B, C, D and E) and memory locations (i.e., x101, x102,
x103, x104 and x105) after the execution in the tables given below;

Suppose A, B, C, D and E are registers and initially contain the following values;
A = 2
B = 3
C = 4
D = 5
E = 7

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 CS508 – Modern Programming Languages
Assignment No. 01
Total Marks: 20
Bc190206370
Due Date: 08-Dec-2022
Muhammad Uzair
Semester: Fall 2022

And x101, x102, x103, x104 and x105 are the memory locations, which contain the following
values;
x101 = 10
x102 = 20
x103 = 30
x104 = 40
x105 = 50

Now examine the flow of following IBM instructions (as guided in above discussion);

1) AR A, B // AR = Addition of registers
A=5
2) MR B, A // MR = Multiplication of registers
B=15
3) A C, x101 // A = Addition of register and memory
4+10=14
4) A C, x102 // A = Addition of register and memory
C=34+5=39
5) AR C, A // AR = Addition of registers
X101=5
6) SR C, D // SR = Subtraction of registers
C=39-5=34
7) ST x101, A // ST = Storing register value in
memory
X101=5
8) A D, x104 // A = Addition of register and memory
D=45
9) ST x103, D // ST = Storing register value in
memory
X103=45
10) MR D, E // MR = Multiplication of registers
D=315
11) AR C, A // AR = Addition of registers
C=34+5=39

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 CS508 – Modern Programming Languages
Assignment No. 01
Total Marks: 20
Bc190206370
Due Date: 08-Dec-2022
Muhammad Uzair
Semester: Fall 2022

12) ST x102, C // ST = Storing register value in

memory
X102=39
13)
14) A A, x101 // A = Addition of register and memory
A=15+45=60
15) A B, x103 // A = Addition of register and memory
X104=60
16) ST x104, B // ST = Storing register value in
memory
E=7*50=350
17) M E, x105 // M = Multiplication of register and
memory
X105=350
18) ST x105, E // ST = Storing register value in
memory
C=99
AR C, B // AR = Addition of registers
19) AR E, A // AR = Addition of registers
E=360
Finally, write the resultant values;

Registers Values
A 10
B 60
C 99
D 315
E 360

Memory Locations Values

x101 5
x102 39
x103 45
x104 60

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CS508 – Modern Programming Languages
Assignment No. 01
Total Marks: 20
Bc190206370
Due Date: 08-Dec-2022
Muhammad Uzair
Semester: Fall 2022

x105 350

Good Luck