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Just show 'em the stone tablets and tell them to read the RPG cycle 
documentation carved into them !    ;-)


On Mon, 2 Jun 1997 DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:

> Paul,
> 
> In a message dated 97-06-02 06:29:11 EDT, you write:
> 
> > >...You seem to have an aesthetic objection to multiple 
> >  >read statements, but in fact there's nothing wrong intrinsically with
> them. 
> >  
> >  Well... it just seems like schlock coding that could be entirely avoided
> by
> >  simply using the RPG Cycle.   (ducking very, very quickly!)
> 
> Ooooh, NICE dodge!  In truth, there aren't that many folks out there that
> even KNOW the RPG cycle anymore.  I often use input/primary files for "quick
> fix" programs, you WOULD NOT BELIEVE the number of questions I get about
> where I'm reading the data :-)!
> 
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM
> 
> "Visualize whirled peas." -- Anonymous
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