Re: the ASSET issue again

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

Well, perhaps I base my opinion of AS/SET generated code on the code I
find on my system.  I know one of the programmers so the poor programmer
explanation could fly, but if that is the explanation for one
programmers code then it must be for all AS/SET programmers who cause
AS/SET to generate worthless RPG.  In that case then each and every
person who works for SSA is guilty of this style of programming.

DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Leslie,
> 
> In a message dated 9/18/00 3:20:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> leslier@datrek.com writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Well, "a loop executed 15 times unnecessarily" is poor AS/Set code -- either
> on the part of the tool or the part of the coder.  An _ENDLESS_ loop,
> however, is a natural event.  The latter is a result of the "bastardization"
> of AS/Set by SSA for BPCS purposes.  Anyone who has added a file to a data
> model without specifying "Y" for "Unique Key" via the appropriate function
> key knows about getting a file suffixed with an "X" in your RPG program for
> files that are updated.  ADK originally generated CL that performed an OVRDBF
> to the "X" file to allow updates without fear of looping.  The "unique key"
> function can loop if the key is not truly unique.
> 
> If you're getting "statementless loops" or empty subroutines, you're doing
> something wrong.  Feel free to forward your code to me, and I'll fix it -- no
> charge.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
> 
> "Anyone who is not liberal in their youth has no heart.  Anyone who is not
> conservative in their adulthood has no brain." -- Winston Churchill
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