Real programmers don't document code It was hard to write; it should be hard to read!
- -teD - Original Message From: CM Poncelet Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 20:35 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: Did I really need a CLIST??? I spake in jest (derived from the original "real men don't eat quiche"). Of course, real programmers read/write in machine code - but then also in conditional macro assembler if necessesary <grin>. Cheers, CP John McKown wrote: >On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:48 AM, CM Poncelet <ponce...@bcs.org.uk> wrote: > > > >>Was there not a saying, a while ago, that "real programmers write in >>Fortran"? <grin> >> >> > > >Real programmers hand assemble and toggle the bits in, a byte at a time! > > > > > >>Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >> >> Tom Brennan wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Coding subcommands in reverse order just to save one letter in each REXX >>>> >>>> >>>>>command would be absurd. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>>Completely you with agree I, Skip. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>I cannot code in reverse without Skipping your word play... ;-D Friday, >>>is it already? Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >>>email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>><lists...@listserv.ua.edu> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
