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I managed never to run anything on DOS/360, so maybe don't know much about it. As far as I know, BAL and Basic Assembler Language goes with the DOS/360, and similar smaller machine systems, such as TOS/360. In all the days of OS/360, OS/VS2, and later, I never heard the name BAL or Basic Assembler Language. I think that means that I would like to see separate articles for the two. I think I won't suggest names yet, though. [[User:Gah4|Gah4]] ([[User talk:Gah4|talk]]) 11:00, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
:They’re “basically” the same language. DOS assembler was Assembler D, and I expect it shared a lot of phases with E and F, just like other IBM compilers. Obviously it had a few limitations. “Basic” Basic Assembler lacked features such as extended branch menmonics (BCR,15 instead of B). Assembler D had those, along with full macro capability. At this remove I can’t remember the differences, they’re probably listed in a manual, but I don’t think they were much.
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/asm/GC28-6514-8_OS_Assembler_Language_Rel21_197201.pdf Appendix I. <br>[[User:Peter Flass|Peter Flass]] ([[User talk:Peter Flass|talk]]) 13:46, 4 September 2023 (UTC) | |||