I have this awkward feeling that we're fonder of boilerplate code than we realise :-)
On Tue., Sep. 28, 2021, 21:54 Bob Bridges, <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > Purely by the way, but I've never really understood why so many REXX > modules I see start like this: > > /* REXX */ > /* Module: Name > Author: Bob Bridges the Magnificent > Purpose: Convert ANSI dates to internal format, or whatever. */ > > ...instead of something like this: > > /* This REXX converts ANSI dates to internal format, or whatever. */ > /* Module: Name > Author: Bob Bridges the Magnificent */ > > I'm sure most REXX coders know the first line doesn't have to be simply > "/* REXX */". Must be just habit, I suppose. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Atlanta, Ga. (SatireWire.com, 2001) -- Scientists at the Centers for > Disease Control and Symantec's AntiVirus Research Center today confirmed > that foot-and-mouth disease cannot be spread by Microsoft's Outlook email > application, believed to be the first time the program has ever failed to > propagate a major virus. */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2021 20:43 > > A co-worker once supplied some Rexx, all indented one column, presumably > to avoid the "/*" problem. Didn't work under OMVS, which appears to have a > restriction (undocumented) that "/* Rexx ..." begin in col. 1. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
