Re: Runtime KLIST change?

One explanation that I've run into is that the people messing with the
generated code do not have the code generator, just the generated source
code. And they don't want to pay thousands for a code generator to make a
minor change to a program.


----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Berendt <rob@dekko.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 7:49 AM
Subject: RE: Runtime KLIST change?


> I have this point also.  Why do people insist in messing with the AS/SET
generated code?
> Do they also insist with messing with the machine code generated by the
RPG compiler?
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> Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk on 12/06/99 10:38:07 AM
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> Isnt that the point of a 4GL. You dont care about the code it generates,
> because its generating your whole application. If your going to fiddle
> around with the code afterwards, why bother with the 4GL?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: L. S. Russell [mailto:leslier@datrek.com]
> >Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 1:53 PM
> >To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> >Subject: Re: Runtime KLIST change?
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> >> Forgive me for tossing my two cents in, but obviously you
> >have never seen code
> >> written by SSA. SSA, the "authors" of BPCS (Big Piece Of
> >Computer SH*%) use a
> >> 4GL tool called asset to generate all their product.  If you
> >like I will send
> >> an example. But trust me when I say RPG generated by this
> >bleeding edge
> >> technology is the epitomy of unmaintainable code.
> >
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