Re: the ASSET issue again

I agree with you 100%.

Nick wrote:

> 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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