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From: A024012@RUTVM1.BITNET (Ross Patterson)
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Subject: Re: Dummy section assembler directives
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Date: 16 Jun 89 13:18:22 GMT
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On Thu, 15 Jun 89 23:31:00 PDT Leonard D Woren said:
>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?

You never wrote a HASP overlay? Gee Leonard, we all thought you were a
Real Systems Programmer.

;-)
Ross Patterson
Rutgers University