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Steve,If you have ever heard a developer complain because their compile was too slow, and then do something about it - like move it to another job queue, or change its run priority, or (mistakenly) its timeslice, then IT has just impacted the business. When users complain about the server being slow, and programmers are placing a priority on their work higher than the users, then IT has just impacted the business.
Sure, it happens less now we have more CPW. Good programming discipline should (IMHO) ~not~ be about "more power = sloppier programming". Yet it does.
Trevor----- Original Message ----- From: "Raby, Steve" <agnictsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion rivendell.midrange.com" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 8:05 AM Subject: WDSC vs SEU RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch
I am a newbie to WDSC and I am trying to use it exclusively, however there are things I find SEU better for, (cut and paste blocks of code for example), but maybe that is due to the version we have and the fact I don't know b**ger all yet. :-)One thing that is annoying is that we are on 5.1.0. and the &*%^*&(^ thing keeps falling over, and being a newbie I have yet to get into the habit of periodically saving my changes, (is there a way to automate this?) so I have to keep re-doing hours of work. I am just getting back into using it after two weeks of exclusive SEU, because the thing fell over four times in one morning.We are on version 5.2 on the iSeries will the latest version of WDSC work on that? As we are losing the iSeries they are not bothered, it seems, about upgrading it to 5.4this comment bugged me a little... <One of the things that WDSc does is to take most of the development <enviroment OFF the System i. Unless we have a development server, chewing <cycles for additional compiles because of undisciplined programming <techniques can impact the business bottom line. WDSc can help that - by<using the PC as a development tool. What if an order is not taken, because <the CPU cycles are re-compiling because you forgot something in your first <or second or third or.... pass? Why not code with more discipline, and get<it right earlier?In 25 years of coding in RPG I have never heard of a company losing business because a programmer was compiling. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that what the time slice is for? So EVERYTHING gets an equal bite at the cherry? And as for doing a walkthrough to ensure no errors before compilation are you saying that there were no bugs before we got interactive programming instead of batch? As an operator on an ICL 1903 we watched the same jobs come in every night for months before the programs were finally put live. Forgive me if I am wrong but the implication is that if you don't spend hours walking thru your code, (which could be done in minutes with the compiler) then you are not a good programmer.Just my thoughts Steve --This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing listTo post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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