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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: PLM vs. C for 80286/80386
Keywords: PLM C
Message-ID: <4473@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 9 Jun 89 14:41:32 GMT
References: <598@philtis.UUCP> <14381@bfmny0.UUCP> <1765@auspex.auspex.com> <14391@bfmny0.UUCP>
Organization: Xenix Support
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One more point to make before I leave this particular subject. The PL/M
do-case construct is a ripe source of bugs:

In article <14391@bfmny0.UUCP>, tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes:
[explanation of do-case]
> I tend to put padding cases at the end of my DO CASE structures just in
> "case":

> 		;;;;;;;;;;;	/*  insurance  */

I rest my case.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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