That's how I view it. But then I'm paranoid about such matters. There are others who don't agree.
Cheap, fast or correct: pick one. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Tony Harminc [t...@harminc.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 3:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PL/I On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 at 12:26, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > Yes, range checking carries a performance penalty, and there have been > arguments in the past about performance versus safety. I'm in the camp that > believes that they should be enabled in any program where incorrect output > would cause a problem or where there are security issues. So basically you don't need checking if it doesn't matter what your program does... Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
