Yeah, the days of the 5-character-maximum-length for an instruction name are gone, and have been for a few hardware generations now. They don't all fit between those nice paper coding pad column markers at 10 and 16 any more . . . 😊
<*Sigh*> Oh, for the simpler days of our programming lives of less than 1000 instructions to learn! Peter From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2025 5:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: LOAD ON CONDITION Jeebus. Assembler instructions should be able to fit on a licens plate!!! -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2025 4:28 PM To: mailto:[email protected] Subject: LOAD ON CONDITION I just coded this and it was kinda fun: LOCGHINP R6,1 Set to 1 if not positive -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.
