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Re: HELP: Pascal readln() problem on MPE
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Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]>
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Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Jan 1997 13:28:45 -0800
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Stan writes (and with great clarity):

[snip.snip.snip]

>The general rules of programming (any language):
>
>   1) make it readable
>
>   2) try to avoid GOTOs, but don't be paranoid about it
>
>   3) don't use Pascal I/O
>
>:)

I want to publicly proclaim that I have never, ever, used Pascal I/O
in my MPE COBOL programs.

I will check later tonight to verify the same for my
Basic/SPL/Fortran/c/VB programs. But I'm pretty sure I have avoided it
there as well :-)

Duane Percox ([log in to unmask]  v/415.306.1608 f/415.365.2706)
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