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   R.Wieser to He never   
   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   
      
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