> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of john gilmore > > Dean Kent writes: > > [ snip ] > > With programmers, on the other hand, we too often proceed > very differently. > Statement-level procedural languages like COBOL are > frequently subsetted, the use of notionally "difficult" > language features being interdicted as "too complex" in many > shops. It would be much better to interdict professional > programming to anyone who cannot master all of the features > of any of these SLPLs.
I once worked in an Assembler shop where the manager forbade the use of BXH/BXLE because he couldn't grasp how they worked. I did get to see some "interesting" dumps caused by BCT(R) loops gone awry, though. :-) -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html