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- From the
- JOKIN' AROUND DISK
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- LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
- P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
- South Australia. 5159.
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- FILE HANDLING:
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- DOWNDATE - Similar to the UPDATE directive, but restores the file to
- what it was before you screwed it up.
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- CONDITIONAL BRANCHING INTRUCTIONS
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PROGRAMMING/DEBUGGING AIDS:
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- 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?"
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- AUTOTIMER - This instruction pulls the plug and invokes the DISASTER
- routine when your program exceeds 5 minutes CPU time.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- COMPILER DIRECTIVES AND SWITCHES:
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- /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.
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- /GRAMMAR - Analyzes your syntax and makes any necessary changes
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- /LOGIC - Analyzes you logic and unkinks it.
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- From the
- JOKIN' AROUND DISK
- by
- LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
- P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
- South Australia. 5159.
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