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

Nice rant :-)

Hire new blood. Give the old timers an ultimatum. Push them out the door if they don't change. I'm not talking "old timers" in terms of age, I mean "old timers"-can't-get-out-of-the-80's folks.



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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 15:33
To: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Who the bloody eff still codes CABEQ in this century?!?!?!?

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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