Re: Who the bloody eff still codes CABEQ in this century?!?!?!?

On Jul 19, 2017, at 5:24 PM, Brian May <bmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That function could be implemented with a rather simple precompiler, I think.

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-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 4:20 PM
To: Rpg400 Rpg400-L <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Who the bloody eff still codes CABEQ in this century?!?!?!?

I did actually raise an internal requirement at IBM for both the COBOL and RPG compilers to allow a user-specified list of "illegal" op-codes which would have achieved this purpose. The idea was to make it simpler for shops to impose coding standards.

Could never convince any of my teammates to go for it though.


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On Jul 19, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What are the chances we could get IBM / Barbara to get the compiler to
puke on any of the CAB* opcodes? At a minimum, the compiler should
post a message requiring a reply to the question, "How many years
before you retire?" and, if the response is greater than 1, tell the
user to drop the bloody CAB* opcodes and try again.

Perhaps less complex is to just update SEU one last time that flags
any
CAB* opcode as a syntax error. Cuz you damn well know they're not
using RDi!

Yes, there are other opcodes, including cousin GOTO (so flag that as a
syntax error as well), but CAB* opcodes are so obscure, I spend a
minute or two just trying to understand what is trying to be accomplished.

Is it 5:00 yet?

<Rant /done>

- Dan
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