Transfer Operators
These were used for string transfers usually until a certain character was detected in the source string. All these operators are protected from buffer overflows by being limited by the bounds in the descriptors.
TWFD — Transfer while false, destructive (forget pointer)
TWFU — Transfer while false, update (leave pointer at end of transfer for further transfers)
TWTD — Transfer while true, destructive
TWTU — Transfer while true, update
TWSD — Transfer words, destructive
TWSU — Transfer words, update
TWOD — Transfer words, overwrite destructive
TWOU — Transfer words, overwrite update
TRNS — Translate – transfer a source buffer into a destination converting characters as given in a translate table.
TLSD — Transfer while less, destructive
TLSU — Transfer while less, update
TGED — Transfer while greater or equal, destructive
TGEU — Transfer while greater or equal, update
TGTD — Transfer while greater, destructive
TGTU — Transfer while greater, update
TLED — Transfer while less or equal, destructive
TLEU — Transfer while less or equal, update
TEQD — Transfer while equal, destructive
TEQU — Transfer while equal, update
TNED — Transfer while not equal, destructive
TNEU — Transfer while not equal, update
TUND — Transfer unconditional, destructive
TUNU — Transfer unconditional, update
Read more about this topic: Burroughs Large Systems Instruction Sets
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