Re: the ASSET issue again

I beg to differ. In my opinion ASSET creates RPG source which is larger by a
huge amount than that which a competent RPG programmer would code. I also
believe that the compiled object is much larger and runs more slowly.Anyone
agree with me?

Nick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lacelle, Marc" <LACELLE@rcmint.ca>
To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 1:49 PM
Subject: RE: the ASSET issue again


> Hi Ho.
>
> I for one use ASSET/ADK as a development tool and find it quite
> useful. I am not an RPG or RPG-ILE programmer and never intend on being
one.
> ASSET/ADK offers is a simple alternative to RPG. You almost can do
> everything with this tool. Yes, RPG is more powerful but,  a program
written
> using ASSET will take the same amount of time to run as a program written
in
> RPG. The code generated from a program using Asset will be much smaller
than
> a program written using RPG, it will take me a few days to come up with a
> complex ASSET/ADK program where it may take a week or more using RPG.
>
> If the execution time for a program is the same and the length in
> time to write the code using ASSET is lesser than RPG. Why knock the
> product.
>
> You are correct in the saying that the source provided by SSA for
> BPCS is pretty bad. We call it spaghetti language over here, but lets not
> forget SSA are in the business of making money. If they had two line
source
> for every program they had, we would not need them.
>
> PS: It think the people who dislike ASSET are RPG programmers.
>
> Marc Lacelle
> Royal Canadian Mint
>
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: Chick Doe[SMTP:Cdoe@barton-instruments.com]
> > Reply To: BPCS-L@midrange.com
> > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 3:32 PM
> > To: BPCS-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: the ASSET issue again
> >
> > there's been a lot said in the last couple of days about SSA and AS/SET.
> > while i am not a fan of it, i can understand the logic of writing code
in
> > AS/SET that could then be compiled and run on multiple environments. yes
> > you will sacrifice performance, but if the intent was to provide
improved
> > functionality at less cost, then i can understand the logic. whether
this
> > was ever delivered or not is another question.
> >
> > but what drives me absolutely insane is SSA's practice of commenting out
> > lines in both the AS/SET source and in the resulting RPG source. much o
> > the complexity in trying to read these damn programs is just trying to
> > decipher which lines are still executable statements and which are now
> > comments. my guess is that well over half of all statements in their
> > programs are old lines of code that are now comments. TAKE THEM OUT AND
> > GIVE US SOURCE PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE READ!
> >
> > chick doe
> > barton instrument systems
> >
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