From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdb77,db15d2f6cb54705a X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: f8131,e2c196a85919d5cc X-Google-Attributes: gidf8131,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,db15d2f6cb54705a X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,db15d2f6cb54705a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,db15d2f6cb54705a X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,db15d2f6cb54705a X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-29 01:20:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!sjc1.nntp.concentric.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!newsfeed.ozemail.com.au!ozemail.com.au!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B3C3A95.4CA55390@ozemail.com.au> From: Clem Clarke X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.asm370 Subject: Re: S/390 (was Market pressures for more reliable software) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 1cust109.tnt2.mel1.da.uu.net X-Trace: ozemail.com.au 993802837 63.34.212.109 (Fri, 29 Jun 2001 18:20:37 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 18:20:37 EST Organization: OzEmail Ltd, Australia Distribution: world Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 18:21:41 +1000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9237 comp.lang.java.programmer:79541 comp.lang.pl1:1166 comp.lang.vrml:3946 comp.lang.java.advocacy:22252 comp.lang.asm370:1084 Date: 2001-06-29T18:21:41+10:00 List-Id: As I recall, PCP, MFT, VS1, VS2 and MVS all relocated the code for you at load time. However, you had to do it all yourself for DOS. Clem Roedy Green wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:17:43 GMT, robin > wrote or quoted : > > >But when the second address is zero, it does not branch, and > >the address of the next instruction is placed in the nominated > >register. (e.g., BALR 3,0) > > It is quite amazing that people can still remember this stuff. I have > not used it since the 70s. > > For more detail, please look up the key words mentioned in this post in > the Java Glossary at: http://mindprod.com/gloss.html > > -- > Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products > Custom computer programming since 1963. Ready to take on new work. -- ,-._|\ Clement V. Clarke - Author Jol, EASYJCL, EASYPANEL, OSCAR, 370TO486 / Oz \ oscarptyltd@ozemail.com.au, Web: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~oscarptyltd \_,--.x/ P.O. Box 628, Toorak, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, 3142. v Tel (61)-3-9815-2311, A/H 9818-8351, Fax (61)-3-9819-2848.