[Noisebridge-discuss] Weird PL/1 stuff.

[joe gallo]

>From http://www.multicians.org/pl1-raf.html:

"A variable is abnormal in some block if its value can be altered without an
explicit indication of that fact present in that block."

Is that like the volatile keyword in more modern languages?


On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Jason Dusek <jason.dusek at gmail.com> wrote:

>  In the context of PL/1 documentation, what does this mean?
>
>   .-NORMAL---.
> >>-+-ABNORMAL-+------------------------------------------------><
>
>  I saw it here:
>
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ratdevz/v7r5/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.ent.pl1.zos.doc/topics/abnrml.htm
>
>  Don't ask me why I'm reading this...
>
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