Fancy code? I remember once wanting to set a flag under certain circs, and I considered something like:
/* Rexx */ TRUE = 1=1 FALSE = \TRUE . . . flag = TRUE I can't remember now whether I used it, or hated it. Rupert On Sat, 12 Jan 2019, 18:42 scott Ford, <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tony, > > I used Rexx because it was easy and quick, especially when your short > handed manpower wise because of bad decision making or money. > > Scott > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 1:33 PM scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am speaking in terms of development cycle. > > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 1:32 PM scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> David and Zman, > >> > >> Both good points, C is certainly faster than Assembler or maybe PL/S > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 2:17 AM David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On 12/01/2019 4:08 am, Seymour J Metz wrote: > >>> > despite being used frequently for the purpose, it's really not > >>> particularly suited for writing operating systems > >>> > >>> LOL! That's absurd! C has been ported to just about every architecture > >>> worth mentioning and is well suited to low-level programming. It's also > >>> incredibly > >>> efficient and has a mature and well established tool chain for > >>> debugging, profiling, code correctness etc. What do you consider a good > >>> language for > >>> writing operating systems? > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >>> > >> -- > >> Scott Ford > >> IDMWORKS > >> z/OS Development > >> > > -- > > Scott Ford > > IDMWORKS > > z/OS Development > > > -- > Scott Ford > IDMWORKS > z/OS Development > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
