/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb MACRO, VAX MACRO Assembler, Directives, .ADDRESS  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Stores  successive  longwords  containing  addresses  in  the
    object module.   DIGITAL  recommends that you use .ADDRESS rather
    than .LONG for storing address data to provide  additional
    information  to  the Linker.   In  shareable  images,  addresses
    that  you  specify  with .ADDRESS produce position-independent
    code.

      .ADDRESS address-list

    address-list

    A list of symbols or expressions,  separated  by  commas,  which
    VAX MACRO interprets as addresses.  Repetition factors are not
    allowed.