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What about a simple "WhoAmI" program that displays the user name, the time, the default printer? Would a program like this meet your criteria? (I am not holding this as bug free, only that it has always worked for me without failing. My working version also gets the IP address, but I deleted that since I don't understand how it works.) PGM /* .............................................................. */ /* ..........THIS PROGRAM SIMPLY DISPLAYS who I am */ /* ..... . */ DCL VAR(&MSGTXT) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(85) DCL VAR(&NAME) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&printer) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&DATE6) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(6) DCL VAR(&DATE8) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) RTVJOBA USER(&NAME) JOB(&DEVD) DATE(&DATE6) + PRTDEV(&PRINTER) /* get information */ CVTDAT DATE(&DATE6) TOVAR(&DATE8) TOFMT(*DMYY) + TOSEP(/) CHGVAR VAR(&MSGTXT) VALUE('User-' *CAT &NAME + 'Printer-' *CAT &PRINTER *CAT &DATE8) SNDPGMMSG MSGID(CPF9898) MSGF(QCPFMSG) MSGDTA(&MSGTXT) + TOPGMQ(*EXT) MSGTYPE(*INQ) ****************** End of data **************************************** _______________________ Booth Martin boothm@earth.goddard.edu http://www.spy.net/~booth _______________________ "Brendan Bispham" <midrangel@black-and-blue.com> Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com 12/07/1999 06:23 AM Please respond to MIDRANGE-L To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> cc: Subject: RE: Software Vendors This has been a long thread, with a few big claims. But is anyone prepared to actually post some bug-free code (that actually does something useful!). I thought about setting an open challenge; produce a completely bug-free program and lay yourself open to the comments of the list. But I realised that because most programs are a series of assumptions, made because of previous programs, a single (useful) program cannot be bug-free in itself, unless it makes no assumptions whatsoever (except perhaps, that is executing). And isn't that the real problem? A bug-free program is dependent upon so many things outside of it's control, that a 'butterfly flapping it's wings' somewhere on the system, may cause chaos in the perfect program. I will stand corrected with an example. NB, should a perfect program be produced, then it will have to pass the same tests a Software Vendor is expected to pass: International differences and different OS VRMs. In anticipation of enlightenment, Brendan Bispham Black and Blue Software Engineering http://www.black-and-blue.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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