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  3. February 2004

Re: Line-by-line commenting in source code

Hi Rick -

In another life, I remember modifying some old s/3-s34-s36 code (FDMAS
comes to mind, but my memory often fails...)

each RPG program had something similar to the following lines:

EARRY          can't remember syntax of 'e' specs....
<snip>
CLRNLR              MOVE ARRY,1     ARRY,2
<snip>
**
COPYRIGHT (C) 19xx
IBM CORPORATION

a rather OBVIOUS example of code salting, but it kept the honest folks
honest.

The MOVE line is not an example of code salting. There has to be a reference to the array to keep the compiler happy and to make sure that the array is placed in the program object so that the copyright is visible there.

--
Ken
http://www.ke9nr.net/
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