>A purist might disagree and say that LA sets the high order >bit to zero.
I love it! Made my day. Believe it or not, I did read the PoP (well a summary I once wrote) before posting, I just didn't change my wording. (BTW, my summary says "...set to zero", indeed). Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

