I can imagine tricks to avoid changing CC. I remember one to select 24- vs
31-bit mode. Well, I remember there being one; haven't needed it in decades!
On August 2, 2025 4:27:01 PM Paul Gilmartin
<00000014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
On 8/2/25 07:54, Charles Mills wrote:
I think I recall code back in the day that did clever "computed branch"
logic by making a BC or BCR instruction the target of EX.
Did that gain the programmer any advantage over such as
TM; BC or was it entirely theatrical?
I would defenestrate any programmer that did that sort of thing today.
Is the ALTER instruction alive and well in COBOL?
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gil
