Re: How to work with Arrays using positional RPG IV

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We still (effectively) have them with the bitwise BIFs %BitAnd, %BitOr, etc.



> On Aug 27, 2020, at 3:07 AM, Gad Miron <gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > If  reminiscences  are in order..
>
>
> > Anyone remember RPG's BITON, BITOFF ?
>
> Once upon a time I used them to construct op codes for a Wenger printer
> that was able to print reverse image text (white on black).
>
> Gad
>
>
>
> > date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:02:48 -0500
> > from: Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > subject: Re: OT: Re: How to work with Arrays using positional RPG IV
> >
> > Hey!? Microfiche was not just for the /34!? I worked for Zink and Katich
> > when I was just a babe, and I remember going through the S/38
> > microfiche.? Ah, those were the days... patching IBM programs to make
> > our own commands.
> >
> > On 8/25/2020 3:49 PM, Bruce Vining wrote:
> > > Jon,
> > >
> > > Oh no, PL/MI is nothing like assembler (which I'm well aware you know).
> > > I'm talking 370 and (does anyone remember it?) the S/34.  Oh those were
> > the
> > > days, microfiche for the operating system and away you go :)
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 5:10 PM Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > > "Assembler" as in PL/MI Bruce ? I suspect that even MI would be too high
> > > > level if you really want to bit twiddle!
> > > >
> > > > Interestingly had the original question been about C or MI I could
> > > > understand it since they still have utility. It was ancient RPG that
> > got me
> > > > and (at the time) I didn't know we were talking V5R4.
> >
> >
> > *************
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