> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Edward E. Jaffe
>
> [ snip ]
>
> Literals can do some things ordinary constants cannot. For
> example, it's not easy to define a constant that is
> equivalent to the literal generated by the following:
>
> LA R1,=A(*)
>
> Without a literal, you need insert a label in the code to
> make it work.
> Ugly!
It's not clear to me what use you'd make of the address of a literal,
without some more context.
-jc-
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