It shortens expressions, upper cases automatically and, IMHO, is more readable.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Andrew Rowley <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2024 7:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: REXX vs other languages WAS: Rexx numeric digits and scientific notation question On 22/04/2024 1:19 am, Seymour J Metz wrote: > 2. There is a decades-long argument about NOVALUE. I am in the camp that > believes the default behavior to be too useful to give up; others believe > that it is dangerous. Genuine curiosity: what is the use of the default behaviour? I have never been able to see anything particularly useful. -- Andrew Rowley Black Hill Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
