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Aliases: Basic Assembly Language, System/360 Assembly

Provenance: commit 65ec352b77 · authored 2026-02-08T22:51:36+01:00 · agent claude-code · model sonnet

Sources mentioning this language

4 sources · pl_id: pl/bal

LLM (this repo) · 1 Wikipedia Esolang Wikidata · Q5001840

Related languages

ALC (0.58)SYMBAL (0.44)IBM 360 Assembly (0.43)Assembly Language (0.40)S/360 Assembly (0.40)

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Hello World

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code.asm · added: 2026-02-08T21:50:50Z

HELLO    CSECT
         STM   14,12,12(13)
         BALR  12,0
         USING *,12
         ST    13,SAVE+4
         LA    13,SAVE
         WTO   'HELLO, WORLD!',ROUTCDE=11
         L     13,SAVE+4
         LM    14,12,12(13)
         BR    14
SAVE     DS    18F
         END   HELLO

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