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From: LDW@USCMVSA.BITNET (Leonard D Woren)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.asm370
Subject: Re: Dummy section assembler directives
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Date: 16 Jun 89 06:31:00 GMT
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I've been writing 360/370 assembler since 1971, and I've never found a
use for Q cons, CXD, DXD, or common.  (Ordinary DSECTs always seem to
do the job just fine.)  Without mentioning FORTRAN or PL/I, does
anyone have any examples of useful purposes for these constructs?