On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 13:01:27 -0500, Steve Beaver wrote: >Charles. PL/1 and REXX are about the same The break would be a goto > Rexx has no GOTO. "break" is LEAVE [control-variable] (and "continue is ITERATE [control-variable]). I never use Rexx SIGNAL other than to force an error; its side effects are dreadful.
Rexx sorely lacks "longjump". >> On Aug 4, 2017, at 12:45, Charles Mills wrote: >> >> switch = 1; >> break? /* what is the PL/I to exit from a loop? */ ; -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
