On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:03:53 -0700, Tom Brennan wrote: >Oops... Yes! I was thinking ENTER/EXIT. My own macro set uses #ENTER >and #EXIT. I put the pound sign on everything so there's no confusion >with real instructions or IBM macros (well, at least I hope!) > At that, I'll switch to the Dark Side for a while. If IBM's macros were good enough programmers wouldn't be tempted to devise alternatives.
I've worked for a couple projects that did so. One enhancement was to extend the RSA so R13 could be used as a base for working storage, a practice that others have harshly criticized as dangerous. Another was to preserve the CC through exit, which I disliked (didn't work on 370 because it used IPM, SPM.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
