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:::{{blockquote|The level that is our primary concern is usually known as “Assembler Language programming” or“assembler coding”. [Footnote 3: 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.] The assembler we'll describe is the IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS & z/VM & z/VSE, known as “HLASM”. It also can be used on IBM Linux for System z.}}
:::This establishes that "some people" refer to the assembly language accepted by HLASM as Basic Assembler Language. Since the earliest (360) language is BAL, and HLASM processes BAL, one logically concludes that all intermediate assemblers process BAL as well, so the entire article is indeed about BAL. There are no other identifying names for any of these languages, nor alternate meanings of BAL, so BAL as a title is indeed [[WP:precise]] and unambiguous, denoting exactly the scope of the article. [[User:Mathnerd314159|Mathnerd314159]] ([[User talk:Mathnerd314159|talk]]) 19:00, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
::::{{tq|the entire article is indeed about BAL}} So are you claiming that {{section link|Basic Assembly Language|Macros and conditional assembly}} is about BAL? It mentions a feature that BAL lacks (and even notes that). [[User:Guy Harris|Guy Harris]] ([[User talk:Guy Harris|talk]]) 20:03, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
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