Re(2): Procedure changing not passed values

["Mike Naughton" <mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barbara,

I have no problem with not doing "such illegal things", but your statement
took me aback a little. Are all these bad things really possible? On
OS/400? I thought, in particular, that the operating system is immune to
tampering from user programs. OTOH, I can easily believe that my own data
might be adversely affected. . . .

RPG400-L@midrange.com writes:
>You shouldn't experiment with such illegal things.  You can't
>guess what is on the parameter stack even in a simple case like
>yours.  You could cause many bad things to happen:
>  - corrupting the data in your database
>  - crashing your program
>  - messing up the operating system, requiring a reinstall
>
>Barbara Morris


Mike Naughton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Judd Wire, Inc.
124 Turnpike Road
Turners Falls, MA  01376
413-863-4357 x444
mnaughton@juddwire.com

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