> > MVI 254(3),X'40' > > MVC 255(119,3),254(3) This was a trick in the "old days" to reduce the size of your programs. I used to use it all the time. That extra 119 bytes will eat up too much storage!! Surprising to me that Cobol still generates it this way.
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