Re: interesting use of NEXT SENTENCE vs. CONTINUE


<docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:d7s7o9$6ol$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <1117874000.565517.100420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Richard <riplin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >If I wish to call any particular construct an 'abuse' then I will do
> >so, and I will not put up with censorship telling me that I cannot say
> >that.
>
> From http://www.bartleby.com/66/25/10625.html :
>
> --begin quoted text:
>
> "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it
> means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
>
> --end quoted text

>From memory... (might be slightly off; I stored it when I was a child...)

"The question is", replied Alice, "whether you CAN use words that way."

"The question is", said Humpty Dumpty, "who is to be the master, that is
all."

Richard has a perfect right to call something he considers 'abuse' ....
'abuse'.

Bill has a perfect right to say, "No, it isn't."

Both can present their arguments and the Doc has a perfect right to point
out that it is purely a semantic argument.

I have a perfect right to comment on the whole process.

And you, gentle reader, have a perfect right to ignore the whole tedious
thread. Or not...

My advice: Don't use NEXT SENTENCE.... ever. It is a stupid and unnecessary
inclusion in the COBOL language. It is NEVER required, UNLESS you (or your
installation) forbids the use of negated conditions.

If you are a poor unfortunate who works on a site where they force you to
work with blunt tools in this way (usually because the Management can't get
their heads around Boolean Algebra), look for another job...

If you are a 'programmer' who believes that Boolean operators (specifically,
NOT) in conditionals are a bad thing; look for another job...you are not
REALLY suited to computer programming...and calling yourself a 'programmer'
may be offensive to those of us who actually are...

Ah, Democracy and Freedom of Speech...there's nothing like speaking your
mind on a sunny Sunday... :-)

Pete.



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