Re: the ASSET issue again

["L. S. Russell" <leslier@xxxxxxxxxx>]

No, I don't use AS/SET.  But I have looked at more than enough AS/SET
code to know that, yes Virginia there are empty sub routines.

Genyphyr Novak wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Subroutines getting executed with no code to run inside them is not from the
> tool itself generating this, but is due to the person who did the coding -
> most likely some BMR had a subroutine commented out, but not all references
> to it were removed elsewhere, so it is called and does nothing. Sorry to
> say, this is not the fault of the tool. Are you are using AS/SET? It sounds
> like you have never looked at the action diagrams to check to see what they
> look like.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Genyphyr Novak
> SSA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. S. Russell <leslier@datrek.com>
> To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Monday, September 18, 2000 2:54 PM
> Subject: Re: the ASSET issue again
> 
> >A loop is a loop, but a loop executed 15 times unnecessarily in effect
> >slows down a program.
> >Things like statementless loops, and sub routines (with nothing but
> >BEGSR and ENDSR) are common in the AS/SET generated code we work in
> >here.
> >
> >Betty, back me up :) lol
> >
> >helen@dekko.com wrote:
> >>
> >> I do not agree that the ASSET generated programs take longer to execute.
> >> The development time has been reduced significantly using this tool and I
> >> believe that it is not all that difficult to debug using STRISDB.  It's
> >> simply a matter of becoming familiar with the naming conventions and
> >> getting accustomed to reading ASSET source.
> >>
> 
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