One Assembler trick I have seen in speeding up scanning loops was to use a
CLI instruction to check the first byte of a string and then only doing the
CLC/CLCL if the CLI matches. This trick even works if doing a binary
search.
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From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List
Oops. Don't you mean MVC OUTBUF+1(L'OUTBUFF-1),OUTBUF? I'm sure you
don't want to zap the byte immediately after OUTBUF. What is MVC2,
another MACRO? Why not just code the literal move MVC OUTBUF,
=(L'OUTBUF)'this is a sample' like it's been done for the past 40 years?
Why is there no LTORG
Wow! If you think IBM Assembler Language and POPS manuals are difficult to
navigate, you ain't seen nutten. Compared to other computer makers, IBM's
attempts are golden! For a truly eye opening experience, try writing
interface code for Motorola and ATT radio systems. You would never bitch
