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From: kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.asm370
Subject: Re: why code in 370 Assembler
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Date: 22 Apr 91 11:19:04 GMT
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matt@mtu.edu (Matthew T. Kromer) writes:

...
>I really find that the 370 instruction set is rich enough that I never miss
>higher level languages....

In fact, I believe C to be a LOWER level language than 370 BAL. After all,
BAL has a block move instruction (MVC or MVCL) where C has to call a
SUBROUTINE to move a block (movemem or strcpy). Pre-ANSI C and BAL do about
the same level of error checking. :-)
-- 
Kevin Kleinfelter @ Dun and Bradstreet Software, Inc (404) 239-2347
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