<snip>I wonder if the hardware guys assign the mnemonic, or if the assembler developers assign it? (Based on some of the names, I am betting the hardware guys.)</snip> The system architecture folks assign, with some vetting such as "how likely is it that this name is already in use as an IBM or customer macro?". The assembler folks may "add". Peter Relson
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