On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:44:51 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <eamacn...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>Just as a side note, I remember learning long ago to always >>initialize static areas > >Again, basic. >Again, I agree. > >And, I can't understand the defensive stants, of those who >don't/won't believe that basic programming is wrong! > >Forgetting to init is inexcusable! >... I seem to be in a different universe than Ted is. I haven't met these infallible programmers. Those I've met have been known to use a DS when they meant DC, or miscalculate a length, or just plain forget. It happens whether or not it is excusable. As far as I know, Ed et al. were not talking about something that would make up for the mistakes; they were talking about something that would find and expose those mistakes. For the life of me I can't think of anything wrong with that. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
