On 24 Jun 2008 12:55:15 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Philbrook) wrote: > Comparing a subscript that had just changed to its maximum value >before using it in any >other operation would prevent the majority of abends and storage >violations at my current facility. >Of course, in the event that the maximum is exceeded, an orderly >termination with the proper notifications >must be coded for.
What's funny is that shops have old, old, old standards that compile CoBOL without SSRANGE (for efficiency). Many of those shops fell in love with PL/I because boundary checking was automatic. It was just as expensive though. As time goes by, the costs of not having SSRANGE, get bigger and bigger (relative to the cost of implementing it), but the person who set the standard has been replaced a dozen times, and the standard lives on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
