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:::::::so the IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support Basic Assembler Language is an assembler language, programs written in which can be assembled by all of the assemblers in question. The OS/360 Assembler can also assemble programs written in another assembler language with greater capabilities than the IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support Basic Assembler Language, such as 8-character symbol names, a division operator in expressions evaluated at assembly time, and macro instructions. That language is, as per "Programs written in the Basic Assembler Language as described in this publication are acceptable to the other ... and Operating System Assemblers", a proper superset of the IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support Basic Assembler Language.
:::::::Perhaps some people have used "BAL" to refer to assembler languages other than the IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support Basic Assembler Language; if that usage is sufficiently common, perhaps a case can be made for using "BAL" as a term for all S/360 through z/Architecture assembler languages. Unless they've used "Basic Assembler Language" in that sense, rather than in the specific sense of the IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support Basic Assembler Language, a similar case for "Basic Assembler Language" would not work. [[User:Guy Harris|Guy Harris]] ([[User talk:Guy Harris|talk]]) 21:58, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
::::::::I'm one[[User:Peter Flass|Peter Flass]] ([[User talk:Peter Flass|talk]]) 23:55, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
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