OK, I hope I'm not becoming wearisome with my yammering. But I am not too busy right now. And I still really like and respect the z architecture (despite its horrendous price).
I ask about the CPU cost of an EX because that same program that I'm working on uses the EX a fair amount to move "variable length" strings into a blank-initialized area for reporting purposes. Instead of EX of an MVC, I could use MVCL or MVCLE. But many have said that EX of an MVC is less overhead than MVCL in many cases. Especially since I know that my length is always no more than 255 characters. I check and report an error if the length is 256 or more. As an aside, to whomever it was who recommended the TROO as a way to move bytes from an input area to an output area, while testing for "unprintable" bytes - thanks! It made my code much easier to write and understand. I was going to use a TRT and an EX'd MVC in a loop. A TROO in a loop was super easy to code. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
