Re: the ASSET issue again

I think Jeff has focused on the key issue.  Assuming that we are in agreement 
that a programmer can get much more work done in less time writing in AS/Set 
than in RPG, but the resulting code is not going to be the same level of 
quality than if it was written by a human, can the pros & cons of better 
quality code produced at different rates by different approaches be measured?

Perhaps there are other CASE tools out there that I should be asking my 
management to get me, other than my current requests for LANSA, AS/Set, 
TAATOOLS & Robot.

There are people who program in AS/Set & are comfortable with it & do not 
want to learn RPG, while there are people comfortable in RPG who do not want 
to learn AS/Set.  It is perhaps more important to hear from people who work 
in both.

> From: Holzman@concentric.net (Jeff Holzman)
>  
>  Are you saying that: 
>  
>  (1) A good RPG programmer can do in 15 lines of RPG what an AS/SET 
>  programmer does in 100 lines of AS/SET code?  
>  
>  i.e., even ignoring the performance considerations, are you saying that 
>  developing applications with AS/SET takes about 6 to 7 times more work
>   than coding the same functionality in RPG.  
>  
>  Or, are you saying that
>  
>  (2) A good RPG programmer can do in 15 lines of RPG, what a program 
>  written with AS/SET would generate 100 lines of RPG for.  
>  
>  If this is the case, how many lines of AS/SET would the programmer 
>  need to write to get the same functionality as the 15 lines of RPG. 
>  
>  i.e., is there ignoring the performance of the RPG code generated by
>  AS/SET, 
>  is there a productivity benefit in development and maintenance 
>  using AS/SET compared to RPG.  If so how big of a benefit, and in what 
>  areas are AS/SET's strengths and weaknesses? 

Al Macintyre  ©¿©
MIS Manager Green Screen Programmer & Computer Janitor of BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 
running on AS/400 V4R3 http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of 
Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical 
sub-assemblies
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