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Guy Harris (talk | contribs) →Apples and oranges: I looked at [http://zseries.marist.edu/enterprisesystemseducation/assemblerlanguageresources/Assembler.V2.alntext%20V2.00.pdf], as suggested, and didn't see anything that endorsed "BAL" or "Basic Assembler Language |
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:::{{tq|For example, look at [http://zseries.marist.edu/enterprisesystemseducation/assemblerlanguageresources/Assembler.V2.alntext%20V2.00.pdf] - the language (per the footnote) is Basic Assembler Language}}. A footnote that starts out "Some people call it "BAL"..." doesn't strike me as a strong endorsement of the language's name being BAL/Basic Assembler Language. Following that up with "...but the language is not basic (nor is it BASIC) except in the sense that it can be fundamental to understanding the System z processor's operations." further weakens any such inferred endorsement.
:::The document in question speaks of it as just "Assembler language", starting with the title. [[User:Guy Harris|Guy Harris]] ([[User talk:Guy Harris|talk]]) 09:13, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
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:::Actually, that footnote<ref>{{cite book
| title = Assembler Language Programming for IBM System z ™ Servers - Version 2.00
| author = John R. Ehrman
| date = February 2016
| edition = Second
| page = [http://zseries.marist.edu/enterprisesystemseducation/assemblerlanguageresources/Assembler.V2.alntext%20V2.00.pdf#page=42 4]
| quote = Some people call it "BAL" — meaning “Basic Assembler Language” — but the language is not basic(nor is it BASIC) except in the sense that it can be fundamental to understanding the System z processor's operations.
| url = http://zseries.marist.edu/enterprisesystemseducation/assemblerlanguageresources/Assembler.V2.alntext%20V2.00.pdf
| publisher = [[IBM]] Silicon Valley Lab
| access-date = July 12, 2023
}}
</ref> does '''not''' say what you claim. The footnote says that some people call it an incorrect name. -- [[User:Chatul|Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul]] ([[User talk:Chatul|talk]]) 09:43, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
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== Much of "General characteristics" amounts to "this is an [[assembly language]]" ==
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