At 12:08 -0600 03/23/2001, Bion Pohl wrote:
>Hi Steve,
>
>Did you get this figured out? I was wanting to do the same thing,
>reading a PDF as text, but the PODs for the PDF moduals are very shy of
>examples or instruction. (Probably written by one of those Un*x Gurus
>that seem to think "If you don't know then I'm not going to tell you."
>is an acceptibal form of instruction. Has anyone else ever noticed
>that? [Before anyone trashes me, I have been a Un*x user since the 80's
>and a Linux user at work and on my Mac.])
No my friend, you're not alone...
I once worked with a fellow that coded mainframe (S/360) assembler
language without the benefit of any comments whatsoever. Nor would he
use equated registers (which show up in cross-reference listings,
while unequated registers do not).
He figgered that if you needed that kind of assistance, you had no
business looking at the code.
BRIAN (that was his name), YOU SUCK! May the fleas of a thousand
camels infest your armpits...
Ciao,
B.
(sorry for the off-topic rant, but I'm writing a book on mainframe
assembler right now, and it [proper program documentation] is one of
my hot buttons)
