Surely he did not mean "anyone who USES [the unnamed successor to M3] will be take out and shot."
Is "being take out" anything like "being toast"? Also "hung" refers to pictures and also an R-rated meaning. The capital punishment is to be hanged. http://grammarist.com/usage/hanged-hung/ Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 1:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fair comparison C vs HLASM On 2018-02-05, at 14:29:32, Seymour J Metz wrote: > You just mentioned a macro language whose name is the letter m followed by a > digit. > No, although that's probably what he intended to do. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinction > _____________________________________ > From: John McKown > Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 12:17 PM > >> Anyone who mentions "m4" will be take out and shot. Then hung. Then >> quartered.
