. . . continuing About the construction
| DC AL1(64) A byte containing the number 64 I am even less enthusiastic; z/Architecture now supports loading and storing single-byte signed binary integers in the same way that it supports halfword ones, and "containing the number 64" is thus at best ambiguous. Moreover, I have never really liked using AL1 or an LA instruction to obtain small unsigned binary constants, although like everyone else I have resorted to them on occasion. The assembler's BYTE bif is much more flexible. I can write lus_64 seta BYTE(x'40') --signed single-byte +64 |&minus_64 seta BYTE(x'd0') --signed single-byte -64 In the end Steve and I differ sharply about the usefulness and felicity of macro-intensive code, and I am content that this should be the case. I have indeed come to suspect strongly that we are likely to disagree about most things. I will arrange a small public celebration when I find that we in fact agree about something significant. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
