Chase, John wrote:
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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.
The LA instruction was just an example. What the literal generates is
the important part!
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