Right. AHI is an add instruction, even though you can (I assume?) code AHI Rn,0
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Clark Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 8:27 AM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Branch-and-Link nomenclature question "IBM Mainframe Assembler List" <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote on 02/10/2022 11:18:47 AM: > My first take is "call instructions", but that excludes, e.g/, > BALR R12,0. JMO, but just because an instruction has a feature where it doesn't actually invoke anything, doesn't mean it would be excluded from the group of instructions that do invoke something. Its main use is to invoke something after all.