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:::::::::"BAL" (which might have become a generic term divorced from its use as an initialism for "Basic Assembler Language"), or "Basic Assembler Language"? [[User:Guy Harris|Guy Harris]] ([[User talk:Guy Harris|talk]]) 02:14, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
:::::It's a reasonable point, but alas it is unsourced. I've updated that section with Guy Harris's source and it no longer mentions BAL. [[User:Mathnerd314159|Mathnerd314159]] ([[User talk:Mathnerd314159|talk]]) 05:27, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
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::::::Might be, but I never heard it in the OS/360 or OS/VS2 days. I never used DOS/360 or DOS/VSE. It might be that I never knew anyone who did. Did enough people call it that to make it the [[WP:COMMONNAME]]? My guess is no, but I haven't asked so many people. [[User:Gah4|Gah4]] ([[User talk:Gah4|talk]]) 11:22, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
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