Re: the ASSET issue again

<plug on>

'AS/SET Quickie Print' can remove all the deleted code lines while leaving
the genuine comments in.  Makes a program much easier to read.  Download:
http://www.precosis.com.au .
</plug>

As for RPG source, in theory you're not supposed to read it.  But if
debugging a program with STRISDB then yes, it's a bit of a strain!
Fortunately ISDB colours the code lines differently so you only need to look
for the comment immediately above an RPG code line.

Bernard Burchell
bburchell@precosis.com.au


-----Original Message-----
From: Chick Doe <Cdoe@barton-instruments.com>
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Date: Sunday, September 17, 2000 5:45 AM
Subject: the ASSET issue again


>there's been a lot said in the last couple of days about SSA and AS/SET.
while i am not a fan of it, i can understand the logic of writing code in
AS/SET that could then be compiled and run on multiple environments. yes you
will sacrifice performance, but if the intent was to provide improved
functionality at less cost, then i can understand the logic. whether this
was ever delivered or not is another question.
>
>but what drives me absolutely insane is SSA's practice of commenting out
lines in both the AS/SET source and in the resulting RPG source. much o the
complexity in trying to read these damn programs is just trying to decipher
which lines are still executable statements and which are now comments. my
guess is that well over half of all statements in their programs are old
lines of code that are now comments. TAKE THEM OUT AND GIVE US SOURCE
PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE READ!


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