Re: Multiple Conditions on a DOW loop -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Multiple Conditions on a DOW loop
From: Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:11:49 -0500
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The question isn't whether algebra predates HLLs!

The question is whether the "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" rule predates the HLLs. I tend to agree with JHHL. When I took computer courses in school they told us that the PEMDAS rule was only for computers. Later, they adopted it in algebra as well.

Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc. wrote:

Really? The earliest HLL's were just appearing in the late 50's, early 60's. COBOL in 1959. I was under the impression that algebraic notation predated that by a significant margin.

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