Honestly, I no longer know. I just know it's confusing as heck, and I have yet to see a defense of it. (Well, John Gilmore seemed to think it was understandable, if not perhaps defensible).
On 1/20/2011 at 3:00 PM, in message <[email protected]>, Greg Shirey <[email protected]> wrote: > Either I'm confused too, or COND says "do NOT execute if 4 is less than the > return code"; that is - COND=(4,LT). > > Unless you meant something else... > > Greg Shirey > Ben E. Keith Company > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 2:42 PM > > It's not only "not" logic, but is also what I would call "inverse > conditional". > > Ideally there would be an option to say "execute if the return code is equal > to zero" or "execute if the return code is less than 5". > Even some "not" logic would be OK (IMO) if we could say "execute if the > return code is NOT greater than 4". In fact, I would rather prefer this. > But what COND says is "execute if 4 is less than the return code". Or > something like that! To me it's "doubly confusing". So confusing that I > can't even figure out the rest of what I was going to say about it! :-) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >>> The information contained in this electronic communication and any document attached hereto or transmitted herewith is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any examination, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this communication. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
