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From the
JOKIN' AROUND DISK
by
LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
South Australia. 5159.
FILE HANDLING:
DOWNDATE - Similar to the UPDATE directive, but restores the file to
what it was before you screwed it up.
CONDITIONAL BRANCHING INTRUCTIONS
ON DISASTER - Similar to ON ERROR GOTO only it doesn't go anywhere. It
just quits processing and dumps all the files, the program, a cross
reference listing, and that names and telephone numbers of every
knowlegeable programmer and analyst in the country.
MAYBE - A qualifier for conditional branch instructions. Branches
about 50% of the time and should be used when the user isn't sure what
he/she wants.
HOWEVER - A qualifier for branching instructions that is a combination
of WHILE, UNLESS, UNTIL, and THEN. Its outcome is uncertain and should
be used only when the program specs are vauge.
PROGRAMMING/DEBUGGING AIDS:
SET BELLS - When encoutered, this instruction will sound 70 bells,
reverse the screen, and blink 20 times in double-wide, double-high
characters: "OK, YA GOT HERE! SO WADDYA WANT, A MEDAL?"
AUTOTIMER - This instruction pulls the plug and invokes the DISASTER
routine when your program exceeds 5 minutes CPU time.
KAMIKAZE - This lifesaver is a combination of KILL and DELETE. It is
placed beyong the END statement. If the program ever gets there, it
will delete all of the data files in your account, and itself, then
force a hardware malfunction, allowing you to save face.
DOSOMETHINGQUICK - When this instruction is encountered, it will
transfer control to the AGREEA.BLE program package, which will accept
any kind of garbage, mix it up a little, and display on the terminal
portions of scripture taken from the Psalms. The only parameter is
pointed to on entry by R5, and is completely ignored.
TRYANOTHERTECNIQUE - This timesaver is utilized when you can't get a
program to work. It shuffles your variables around and gives you
another crack at it. When the machine stumbles onto the right
solution, it SAVEs the program and gives you all the credit.
COMPILER DIRECTIVES AND SWITCHES:
/DOCUMENTATION - This neat instruction will scan the program for
keywords, access the BUREAUCRATIC.WORDS database with a random
technique, blend the words together, and spit out 30 pages of
incomprehensible jargon.
/GRAMMAR - Analyzes your syntax and makes any necessary changes
/LOGIC - Analyzes you logic and unkinks it.
From the
JOKIN' AROUND DISK
by
LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
South Australia. 5159.