On 2013-10-23 17:54, Kurt LeBesco wrote: > I've been reading quietly and wondering how the dialog drifted off to rexx > and pl1 land. Can we get back on topic? Thanks > OK. Pure HLASM. I've long wondered why division by zero is permitted in arithmetic expressions when otherwise overflows (even in division) are reported as errors.
The only rationale I can think of (and a poor one) is that it was initially an implementation oversight that was so rapidly codified by use that when it was discovered no repair was feasible. -- gil
