RE: Difference bet. Primary and Full procedural file.

Martin,

I agree that it is possibly faster than a DIY-program with read loops, but
if it means that new people (who will be less and less familiar with the
RPG cycle as time goes on) can read and understand the flow of a program in
less time, I vote against using the cycle and level breaks.

Just my personal opinion (everybody can start shooting ...  now <ducking>)

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"Booth Martin" <Booth@MartinVT.com>@midrange.com on 22/05/2002 14:58:25
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Subject:  RE: Difference bet. Primary and Full procedural file.


While you  avoid it like the plague I like and use both methods.  On a
recent assignment I was asked to not use the cycle because none of the new
people understood it.

I was able to replace 4 simple lines of I-specs (L1 & M1) with several
layers of ReadE-loops in the calc specs.  What is really a mainline of under
10 lines became 30+ lines.

I'd agree that people avoid it like the plague, but that is fear of the
unknown and has no basis in complexity.

when you need to process a lot of records and performance is an issue
UpdatePrimary with no K was, for many years, unbeatable.  Lately I have
heard that's no longer true but I do not have facts for either case.

(Just testing
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