>Because some people actually care about speed of execution and CPU time.
How often do you run this to the point that it makes a difference? >z9 cycles don't come cheap. But, optimising a few batch copies doesn't save much of that. >Those of us trying to blead every mip MIPS is not a plural; MIP is not a singular - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

