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  3. October 2003

Re: Please vote for Syntax check in /FREE!

> Hey Buck,
>
> Nice little excercise here. mind if I chip in?

Jump in, the water is fine!  This is exactly the point of a public forum; to
discuss ideas amicably...

> Just MHO, but this is not exactly what procedure
> overloading is for. These are very specific examples.

Yes you are quite right!  I just dreamt up a quick 'what if'.  I say
'dreamt' because I can't do this today in RPG.

> monthName = getMonthName( myDate );
> monthName = getMonthName( myTimestamp );

Much clearer than mine.  I am NOT fluent in other (overload-capable)
languages, and it's good to see posts from others on this topic.  Which has
drifted considerably from the original subject! :-)
  --buck

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