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  • Subject: RE: what is unclear - LEAVE
  • From: "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:14:23 -0500

Don't even start the DOU/DOW thing.  But, I agree with Rick.  A priming
read with a DOW is correct way to do it.  DOU will always do the loop
once, which we don't want.

Bradley V. Stone        
bvstone@taylorcorp.com
http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/
"Does this proposition entail my dressing up as Little Boe Peep?" -
Fletch

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Baird [SMTP:rbbaird@Premsys.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 1998 9:17 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: what is unclear - LEAVE
> 
> John Carr wrote:
> > 
> > Heh
> > And Hans even uses one of my favorite opcodes break to out of a DOU;
> the
> > LEAVE statement.
> > (Which of course you almost can't use if you use the inferior DOW)
> > 
> > I said ducking and grinning and running.
> > 
> > Oh No,  not the dreaded DOU/DOW wars.
> 
> This is not a challenge, but under what conditions would you not be
> able to use LEAVE inside of a DOW?
> 
> (BTW, my preference is a DOW with a priming read, and a read at the
> bottom of the loop) 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick
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