WRT "some vetting such as, how likely is it that this name is already
in use [... in a] customer macro?"
Hmmm, I dunno. I wonder how many customers had to change their MSG
macros to get out of the way of MULTIPLY SINGLE (64).
On the other hand, if they had continued the pattern of CLIB and
CLIJ, then CLFIT would not have had an F in it.
Dave
At 8/9/2025 08:09 AM, Peter Relson wrote:
<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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