A further question:  would it be a fair description of the IARVSERV macro to 
say that it saves move
instructions by mapping two or more different virtual memory addresses to the 
same central memory
address?

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> I was wondering if anybody on the list has had any experience using the 
> IARVSERV macro for sharing
> data among address/data spaces.
>
> What is the overhead?  Is anything going on "under the covers" beyond the 
> normal ALESERV and
access
> register manipulations?
>
> Would you say that the feature is primarily for the use of application 
> programs, or does it have a
> place in the system programmer's toolkit?
>
> John Krew
>
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