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Level 88: “STOP INTERRUPTING ME!”
“I think we should-”
“That’s a stupid idea, let’s got to the water...he kills by drowning stupid!” Qiu Younghou cut off Hao mei, yelling at Yu Banshan.
“I think-” Hao mei tried once more but was quickly spoken over.
“Well it’s at least a plan!” Yu Banshan yelled back.
“Yah! Stop interrupting me!” Hao Mei yelled yearning both his friends attention. “We should just ask sister Luweiwei to come and help us. So we are four vs. 1 giant level 120 sea monster. She’s on now!” Hao Mei reasoned to both of them.
“Well even a broken clock can be right twice a day.” Yu Banshan got only confused looks between his two friends. “Just message her.” He spoke before going back to his avatar in the game.
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Using the debugger to understand COBOL level 88 semantics.
Using the debugger to understand COBOL level 88 semantics.
COBOL has an enumeration mechanism called a LEVEL-88 variable. I found a few aspects of this counter-intuitive, as I’ve mentioned in a few previous posts. With the help of the debugger, I now think I finally understand what’s going on. Here’s an example program that uses a couple of LEVEL-88 variables:
We can use a debugger to discover the meaning of the COBOL code. Let’s start by single…
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Does this COBOL level-88 IF check make any sense?
Does this COBOL level-88 IF check make any sense?
I find COBOL level-88 declarations a bit confusing, which isn’t made any easier by usage that is probably wrong. Here’s an example from code that I was trying to step through in the debugger (anonymized):
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 data. 10 function-type PIC X(01). 88 option-a VALUE '1'. 88 option-b VALUE '2'. 88 option-c VALUE '3'. 88 option-d VALUE '4'.
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Minora’s Azeroth Adventure: Paradise in Pandaria
“Dear Majora,
I have not seen you around your castle for some time. I searched everywhere I could, while respecting your privacy and not entering locked doors, such as your Tower of Courage and personal chambers, though I have knocked once a day. As such, I felt there would be little harm in returning to Azeroth and leaving the castle under Cia’s care until either of us return.
Upon my return, i was immediately summoned by King Viarian, who evidently lost his son’s ship in the southern seas. I was sent with an elite team of troops to an uncharted island where we believe the ship crashed. Upon our arrival, we did battle with the Horde upon the shores. I regretted getting personally involved, but Varian and I had reached some form of friendship during the Northrend expedition. Clearly, I missed some crucial events that he told me were called the Cataclysm and the Hour of Twilight--horrible disasters brought about by a former Dragon Aspect and the Twilight’s Hammer, servants of the Old Gods, who evidently plagued the rest of Azeroth as well. But I digress. Seeing as we had become friends, I did not see the harm in fighting off members of the Horde in order to find his son.
I regretted this decision immediately. As the conflict heightened, horrifying black and white energies constructed monsters throughout the Horde’s encampment. I met my first Pandaren, Taran Zhu, the Lord of the Shado-Pan, an elite group of warriors that defended the continent of Pandaria--which is where we wound up. He explained that negative emotions manifest themselves into horrifying creatures in these lands, creatures they call Sha. With his assistance, we routed the Sha from the encampment, and took the hostile horde presence out of the southern Jade Forest.
I then met Lorewalker Cho, another Pandaren, who specialized in the history of the continent. Evidently, most of it was lost long ago when the Thunder King Lei Shen took the Pandaren into slavery, and he burned it in hopes of quelling their rebellion. Clearly, this did not work, as the Pandaren are many, and the Mogu--his people--are few.
Possibly against my better judgement, I revealed my identity to the Lorewalker. While I expected either disbelief or mockery, he surprised me with another response. “What difference does it make? God, mortal, Pandaren, Lorulean, we both walk the same land, and share a passion for wisdom and serenity.” I could not have been happier. Almost every person I have met on Azeroth has had some form of axe to grind, in one way or another. To see the Pandaren so peaceful and kind to whomever enters their shores, brings a great warmth to my heart.
Sadly, I cannot say the same for the Alliance and Horde. Both sides have proven to be sickeningly one track minded. The two armies clashed at the monument known as Serpent’s Heart--a massive statue built in honor of the Jade Serpent, whom’s temple it stands at the foot of. The monument was destroyed when the war unleashed a titanic Sha--the Sha of Doubt. I swiftly sealed the beast away, and pulled forces from both sides of the conflict to safety.
I now walk the fields of the Valley of the Four Winds with a travelling brewmaster, the evidently legendary Chen Stormstout, and his rather impatient and excitable niece, Li Li. We have shared many adventures together already, and I expect us to share many more. Once we investigate the Stormstout Brewery, I will be departing for the Temple of the White Tiger in Kun-Lai Summit. There, I will reunite with Prince Anduin, and perhaps stay and meditate for some time under the watchful eyes of the White Tiger. If he is as wise as the Jade Serpent, I hope to learn much from him.
Minora.”
Majora rolled up the scroll, her glowing green chains rattling as she shook her head.
“What have you got there, traitor?” her guard asked. A tall woman clad in silver armor and a green cloak stepped towards her, forcefully taking the scroll away from the bound goddess.
“Simply a letter from an old friend...” she sighed, cocking an eyebrow as her captor’s eyes scrolled across the calligraphy of Minora’s handwriting.
“She speaks of the Pandaria campaigns. Even we’ve heard about them here in the Vault.”
“That reminds me,” Majora chuckled, giving her guard a sly grin. “How much longer do you plan to keep me here, Maiev?” the head warden turned her head back to the goddess as she was called by name.
“Eight years you’ve been kept here. I never told you my name. How do you know it, Illidari?” she hissed in reply, drawing her crescent like blade.
“Put the toys away, warden,” Majora grinned, “I’ve probably told you at least five hundred times over these past years I’m not actually with the Illidari. That rag tag band of demon hunters is simply a way for me to fit in around here.”
“If you had not noticed, fitting in around here would mean you would be encased in crystal with the others. But all of our attempts on you have failed, and so we are using your own demonic essence to keep you in chains.”
“And why is that, i wonder?” the goddess’s grin grew bigger as Maiev attempted to prove her superiority. “Clearly, I’m stronger than the rest of these demon hunters, or else your little snow globe would have held me just fine. My words must have some merit, Shadowsong.” Another low chuckle. “I have told you time and again, I am not of this world. I can see things and know things that you would not even dream of. That is how I know your name, Warden. That is why your crystal ball party trick won’t work on me. And that’s why I’m choosing to stay here.”
“Choosing? Pah! Even if your words were true, why would anyone want to stay imprisoned here? Clearly you are just another driven insane by the Betrayer and his lies.” Maiev scoffed, taking a knee to get level with Majora’s face. “You stay here because it is your fate to stay here and rot with your master. And though you say otherwise, through your bluster, I can see that you are completely incapable of escape.”
“Oh no, Maiev...I’m staying here because I know that there will come a day when you will have need of my services, and of the Illidari as well. And when that day comes, I cannot wait to see the look on your face when I say “I told you so.””
Without another word, the warden stood up, and left the cell, leaving the goddess to chuckle to herself.
Best screensaver thus far. I mean, how can you have a bad day or be bummed when that is staring at you?
To Doctor Money
i discovered the game "level 88" yesterday and omg it's so addicting!!! STOP!!!!