Re: the ASSET issue again

Hi Chick,

You can generate the AS/SET code to remove comments from the source. This is
a compile option in AS/SET. So, if you simply re-generate the code you can
see it this way if you like. We must leave in the comments in our AS/SET
code, as they are used as 'BMR markings'. This is done so that customers who
have modified their code can see the code changes done under each BMR and
retro-fit the BMR changes into their modified versions of the same program.

Also in response to Al - as regards message literals. They are also used so
that we can provide customers in other countries a translated version of the
literal, so they can see the message or screen in their native language,
rather than in English. It is not allowed to 'hard code' a literal into a
program for this very reason. Ease of change is secondary in this case.

Thanks

Genyphyr Novak
SSA

-----Original Message-----
From: Chick Doe <Cdoe@barton-instruments.com>
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Date: Sunday, September 17, 2000 9:36 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!
>
>chick doe
>barton instrument systems
>
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