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.​

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