Re: A short program

[david.kahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote:

>I don't mean to nitpick, but you've beaten my 29 line
>program by only 5 lines.  This is a 24 line program
>since the blank line at the end of the program is significant.
>(Your program writes 2 times 12 records.)

No, Hans, it's a 23 line program. Although the compile time array has 12
entries and all are used, only the first 11 are included in the source. The
compiler gives a severity level 0 error QRG8042, but is otherwise happy.

You could argue that the printed output contains a 24th blank line that
isn't in the source, but that _would_ be nit-picking as the blank line is
indistinguishable from the rest of the white space on the printed page.

Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.


+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---