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This continues to bother me and finally it hit me why it does. We
frequently refer to 'someone else who might maintain it.' This IS
appropriate, really! Good standards, comments, structure etc are all
good for that guy! But FAR too many in the IBM i space assume that
person is old and grey. They assume that the only people who will see
the code only know 'C' in column 6 and left hand indicators.
BUT WHAT IF THEY ARE WRONG!? What if the next guy is 21 and wouldn't
know a left hand indicator if it had an arrow pointing to it! When THESE
people see that OLD code they won't be able to maintain it! THESE people
are the future of your company's I.T. When THESE people see that code
they WILL dump IBM i because of what it has been left to be, not because
of what it could have been, or could (should?) be today.
Those insisting on the old standards need to realize the next guy is
increasingly more likely to be YOUNG and CAPABLE not Old and Decrepit!
Failure to do so cements the demise of IBM i in their company.
- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
www.Frankeni.com
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