On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:57:42 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>> Frankly I don't think I have seen any resistance to OCO in twenty years,
>
>What is FOSS, chopped liver?
>
>> Customers are pressing to have exits go away. In other words, they *want*
>> local customization to be parameters plus object code, not source code.
>
>Those are two different things. Making exits available that obviate the need
>for local modifications and making parameters available that obviate the need
>for exits are desired even by those who hate OCO, and do not imply taking away
>the exits or the source code.
>
FOSS is often driven by pride in craftsmanship. Commercial software
can go to both extremes. IMO, BPXWDYN reflects considerable pride
in craftsmanship. The apparent author has responded actively to
informal suggestions from me and others in fora such as this.
Rexx 'MVSVAR'("SYMDEF",...) appears to show the opposite, seeming
to have been coded and documented to spec and passed review with
no attention given to exception reporting or fuzz testing.
Linus's Law: "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow".
(not by Linus)
-- gil
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