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

Buck,

This is a great attitude.  I'm the same way.

Phil

>
> 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
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