Just to fan the flames, my stepfather found a useful reason to divide by
zero on a Convergent Technologies system back in 78'. Not supposed to be
possible. He was real proud of that bit of code. He was coding in a
Basic/Cobol like language at the time.
How bout an example of code? I've got some of the most Godawful examples
you've seen. I was on a painkiller called Damason after a surgury. I
converted a game from C3 basic to Atari Basic.
5500 If not xyzzy=0 then pop:pop:pop:pop:pop: gosub 2900
Really. In fact, the first couple of lines are like that. Patches of
course.
POP in Atari basic removes the last destination for a Return from a
conditional branch (gosub)...........
No wonder I don't make my living writing programs.
Regards,
Jeff
In <986838640.3ad1f67074de3_at_email.ou.edu>, on 04/09/01
at 04:39 PM, "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss_at_ou.edu> said:
>Quoting "McFadden, Mike" <mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu>:
>> It's nostalgia time
>> Do you remember IBM JCL, Job Control Language?
>> Do you remember DEC DOS/BATCH?
>> Have you punched cards using a drum card?
>> Have you used an O26 keypunch?
>> Have you used an O29 keypunch?
>> Have you played trek on at VT52?
>> Have you entered data on a VT05?
>> Have you used an RX01?
>> Have you used a TU58?
>Not me. Not yet, that is...
>> I think a computer language and programming flame war is needed to
>> clear the air and stoke the emotions :)
>Ok, I'm game! Gotos are not inherently harmful. They are a tool, and as
>such, can be used for both good and evil. In fact, I've written code
>using gotos that is downright elegant.
>And if that didn't do it, how about this: I haven't decided yet whether
>total OO is a Good Thing or not. Someone set me straight!
>--
>Jeffrey S. Sharp
>jss_at_ou.edu
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