There are a lot of things that I'd change if I were doing it from scratch. But I'd keep some things that have come under attack.
Or, going back farther, I'd change some thing in PL/I, e.g., retain the ALGOL 60 distinction between assignment and equality. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 5:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF edit macro to sort and delete duplicate records External Message: Use Caution On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:26:00 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >NUMERIC DIGITS > I prefer ==. o No need to chose the right DIGITS value. o Fewer CPU cycles. As always, it depends on the specification of the problem. If I were designing REXX from the start, I'd swap the meanings of "=" and "==". More intuitive -- things that look the same would compare as same. >________________________________________ >From: Paul Gilmartin >Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 2:11 PM> > >On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:47:35 +0000, Schmitt, Michael wrote: >> >>Fun fact: just last week I found a bug! The macros considered lines with >>these two keys to be duplicate lines: >> >>7475269191210720 >>7475269191211080 >> >>REXX mavens will know why. I've fixed that bug. >> >Was the fix to replace "=" with "=="? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
