On 2024-04-22 00:05, Seymour J Metz wrote:
While PL/I has no reserved words, it is considered bad form to use a keyword as an entry or variable name. The same principle applies to Rexx; using, e.g., DO, ELSE, END, EXIT, IF, ITERATE, OTHERWISE, PROCEDURE, THEN, WHEN, as a variable name can make the code hard to read.
One would not use as variable such common keywords as mentioned above. The real advantage is that one doesn't need to keep in mind all those uncommonly-used words that might be used as variable names, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
