Re: confusing coding?

["James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/5/25 2:36 AM, Daniel Gross wrote:

> I have to disagree Patrik ;-) the cycle is of course explicitly coded
> by coding the file as a primary (or secondary) by that single "P" (or
> "S") in position 19 (ILE) of the traditional file specification. That
> might not be so obvious - but it is explicitly coded.

That constitutes explicit code to *ride* The Cycle (as does explicitly 
raising LR when some other "Done" condition occurs), but The Cycle 
itself is implicit.

You don't even need a primary file for The Cycle to be useful: I 
regularly use The Cycle as a built-in event-loop, in interactive 
programs: I just slave it to INKC and/or INKL.

But you better believe that when I ride The Cycle, I throw in a comment 
to that effect.

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JHHL