Bill, I totally agree. While I knew (I'm old, too) all the clever things I could do in ASM/HLASM in OS/360 ==> early z/OS througout my career as a sysprog writing system level code, it was imperative that I documented all of my code and used documented operating system interfaces (even SVC 32/34 were documented). As of this writing, my previous employers are still running code that I wrote from the late '60s, '70s, and '80s. Some of the code has been upgraded, but the core is still functioning.
I totally disagree with folks that say the new instructions are too complex for humanoids. (Bob Shannon, step in here!) Frank R. (retired) On 4/28/07, (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In a message dated 4/27/2007 5:28:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Unless you have gotten so old you can't remember what your own code does. I have had that problem since way before I got old (or at least older). The two main reasons why I write lots of comments in my code: (1) so others can understand the code; (2) so I can understand the code 6 months later after having worked on other tasks for the previous 6 months. Bill Fairchild Plainfield, IL ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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