Original MessageFrom: "Rob Scott"
I despair when I see n-thousand line assembler programs (typically with multiple base registers) attempting to do everything in one big splat, typically with lots of spaghetti> branching to abstract labels - yuk.
While I agree with you 110% on the part I quoted I disagree about the need for STANDARD macros because I *want* to tailor them for *my* envionment: My TOTAL Database Simulator (SimTOTAL) ran in TSO, batch, MPP, BMP and CICS regions whereas my the CICS Command-Level Simulator (SimCICS) ran in MPP, BMP and TSO BTS only, its' module entry / exit and call / return macros were very *similar* but intentionally different. If standard macros would have existed, I would still have crafted my own (all RENT code using SA stacks, built in entry, call, return, exit trace table posting, some integrity checking and control block structure awareness). Andreas F. Geissbuehler AFG Consultants Inc. http://www.afgc-inc.com/
