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Huh? I'm confused... Todd didn't post that message, I did! Is it April 1st, again? On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, York, Albert wrote: > Thanks Todd. You stated it better than I did. > > I didn't say this in the original email but the developers who thought this > was such a great idea, were new to the AS/400. They did other things which > had to be fixed later as well > > My point was that complexity in of itself does not add functionality. > > Albert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Sabella [SMTP:Todd.Sabella@alltel.com] > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:39 PM > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > Subject: Re[2]: What counts as technically slick? > > hese are my sentiments exactly! I one thought out and designed a > whole system for calling a seperate "library of functions" to access > > a file, and in the end came to the conclusion that this wouldn't buy > > me ANYTHING but complexity. > > The externally defined files ALREADY provide you with as much of a > layer of independence from I/O operations as these external routines > > do! > > I guess I could see doing this if I thought the files would soon be > located on another computer, on another platform, where I'd save the > > work of re-writing all of the programs involved. But how often > does > something like this ever happen? It never has, for me. > > > > On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, York, Albert wrote: > > > On the surface it seems like a good idea, but what have you > gained? > > > > I still have to define the record in my program, so if the file > changes I > > still have to change all the programs that use that file. > > > > Also, if I do the READ in my program, it's obvious what I am > doing, and > > error handling is pretty straight forward. If I call a separate > program > > which does the READ, what have I gained? I have all the overhead > of a > > program call and no clear advantage, that I can see. All you're > doing is > > adding one more layer of complexity. > > > > The only place where a program like this would be useful is if it > is called > > from a CL program. > > > > Albert York > > +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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