>> J * .... that sure is nice...But a baseless EX would be a EXRL 0,* ......nice 0C3 (op-sys Independent as opposed to an LE-conforming Abend which IBM can not produce without an indication of the op-sys in the name) Send by Martin from a smart phone = no keyboard but lots of typos.
-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> Datum: 11.05.17 19:23 (GMT+01:00) An: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Betreff: Re: Performance of Decimal Floating Point Instruction On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Paul Gilmartin < 00000014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote: > On 2017-05-11, at 06:34, Charles Mills wrote: > > >> If you need a way to ABEND, use the proper LE service, or an assembler > > routine. Anything else will bite you sooner or later. > > > > AMEN! > > > No more "DC H'0'" > My current favorite is : J *+2 which results in a S0C1, since it is now guaranteed that x'00' will _never_ be used as a valid opcode. It replaces my previous favorite of: EX * which is an S0C3. But I agree that using something like CEE3ABD is the "proper" way to go in an LE environment. Most of my HLASM code is now LE enabled (the main exceptions being "user exits"). > > -- gil > -- Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. -- Sinclair Lewis Maranatha! <>< John McKown