RE: Why we don't use procedures more (was MOVE opcode in freeform /strange behavior w/%editc)

Bob said:

>This is stuff you should be doing on your own,
>even with your own money.
>
>It is the right thing to do.

AMEN!

Most certainly I never had a job where the boss said "Hey, don't worry about
the deadlines, take a week or so and go tinker."  It took me 23 years to
make it to Common!

I am... let's politely say 'well seasoned,' starting on card equipment.  I
have no university education.  I learnt literally  e v e r y  thing I know
by myself, and virtually all on my own time.  I have a library of books
bought with my own after tax dollars - and not all AS/400 books either.
K&R, Knuth, etc. as well as our friends in the midrange world.  I have an
account on one of the timeshare machines to play on.  I use Code/400 and
before that Picante's Flex and before that Brief.  All paid for by me.

If I don't keep my skills current, what choices will I have for work next
year?  In 1978, I could run a 1403 blindfolded (I was GOOD!)  If I merely
maintained my awesome 1403 talent I'd be out of work, as the 1403's are
almost all gone.

I have a family, house, etc., etc., etc.  I value my ability to feed my
family, so I make time to keep up.  If I can do it, anybody can.  If there's
one wish I have, it's that I could really, truly convince midrange
programmers that THEY CAN DO IT!

GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!
  --buck