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IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM

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Conditional Comparison Column Exclusion

We need the ability to conditionally exclude columns from processing. For example, if columns 1 through 5 are APPLE, then exclude columns 6 through 10 in the comparison. We would need to be able to use different versions of this exclusion in the s...
about 5 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 1 Not under consideration

SUPERC Option to Ignore Trailer Record

When processing members of a PDS, or vendor files either online or in batch, the ability to exclude the last line from the comparison without having to physically specify the starting and ending line numbers to process would significantly improve ...
about 6 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 5 Not under consideration

Provide the option to make new RENT Assembler module against SIIS.

Provide the option to make new RENT Assembler module against SIIS(Store into Instruction Streams). Upward compatibility disappears in terms of performance by SIIS.On z13 sometimes more visible than on z196 because the bigger L2 I- and D-caches are...
over 6 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 3 Not under consideration

ASMLANGX needs better support for LOUD WTO message redirection

There is a need to be able to capture an redirect the WTO output that is issued in response to the use of the LOUD parameter during ASMLANGX execution. The use of the _BPXK_JOBLOG environmental variable does not work in this case since redirection...
over 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 3 Not under consideration

SuperC(option 3.12) High CPU usage

We have a user reporting his observations of very high CPU consumption and running long for PGM=ISRSUPC when any kind of DPLINE control card is involved during comparing of two files. The user says ISRUPC used to be a whole lot faster and consume ...
over 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 5 Not under consideration

Allow HLASM to run on an x86 Linux server

Currently the HLASM build only works on a Linux system running on a zSeries mainframe, this restriction means we must purchase an IFL and mainframe storage to run just one Linux server, a TPF Toolkit guest.This IFL runs on the same hardware as our...
about 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 2 Not under consideration

Improve how the move instruction with differing lengths is handled

There has been a lot of discussion on the assembler forum on issues with the MVC and differing length fields. Sample macros have been added that help assist in this area. Many customers have home written macros. Example statements include: 'Storag...
over 12 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 2 Not under consideration