Re: Offload from the AS/400

In a message dated 97-11-05 12:48:01 EST, atostain@crecomp.com (Art Tostaine,
Jr.) wrote:

<< Guess what, the 400 is slow! >>

I've been dealing with this statement for years. It is an absolute falsehood.
Sorry, guys, but it is. The AS/400 is a damned fast machine.

The applications that I have seen written for it are some of the worst
garbage I've had to deal with, though. The competency of many of the RPG
programmers in creating a decent system has been missing. Why? Because most
of the programmers were "grown," not developed. [Hey, he's a decent operator.
Let's gie him a chance to write programs.]

IMHO, the main problem this platform has is the level of professionalism of
its developers. Be honest. Those of you in the systems arena (many of the
readers of this list): how often do you face a run-away application that
*could* run so much better if the programmers only knew what they were doing?

I realize that I'm not making any friends with this statement, but I am tired
of the blame going in the wrong direction. The only crew that writes worse
code IMHO is the VB crew. I do not propose certifying programmers. That
doesn't work. But I do propose that managers could do a much better job of
leading their programming staff.

Hank Heath
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