Yeah, DCBE gives you a bunch of late 20th century features. <g> Your EOD address (for an input DCB, obviously, and therefore irrelevant to the original problem) and any SYNAD exit can be above the line, for example.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 4:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Probably dumb assembler question Frankly, after 1900 errors, maybe it is time to die anyway. OPEN/PUT/CLOSE for each message is horrendous overhead. Mr. Farley and Mr. Mills have the most likely answer. I recommend the DCBE (not to be confused with DECB) over FREEPOOL. Note the DCBE can be below the line, but it doesn't have to be. And you really should get used to using it every time.
