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|    Re: String literals in asm source code    |
|    30 Dec 18 20:53:26    |
      From: address@nospicedham.not.available              Alex,              > Because all the string & other = type constants have to be addressable, it       > normally needs the CSECT in which they were referenced to have an       > appropriate and addressable LTORG section.              He wrote he adopted the syntax. He never said he implemented it the same       way.              > That is considered "Bad Practice" for messages. It makes translating code       > for other languages hard.              :-) That did not stop IBM from creating their own specific solution to the       problem, now did it ?              Regards,       Rudy Wieser              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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