> since F'-1' has set the high bit already

... but A(=F'-1') does not -- it is the very ordinary address of a constant
F'-1' in the literal pool.

Not that it matters ...

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Robert A. Rosenberg
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:37 AM
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Subject: Re: Abend S0C4 in an internal sort

At 22:25 -0500 on 02/13/2012, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote about
Re: Abend S0C4 in an internal sort:

>Does the sort expect a non-standard plist? Should the 4rh word be 
>A(=F'-1')+X'80000000'?

That +X'80000000' is not needed (and can cause problems) since F'-1' 
has set the high bit already - F'-1" = X'FFFFFFFF'. I think that it has been
determined that if you want RMODE ANY, the exit addresses need to have the 

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