Re: CHAIN versus SETLL

[John Carr <74711.77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: rbbaird@premsys.com (Rick Baird)
<SNIP>
>This makes it obvious that the intent is to read a set of records, not
>just one.

>The days of saving a few nano seconds per cycle at the expense of
>readability are long over. The instructor should have answered that it
>doesn't make any difference which opcode he uses and that the program
>should be designed in such a way that you minimize ALL reads/sets/chains
>and that if it takes an analyst an extra hour to decifer bad code, this
>is much more expensive than the difference between setll/chain<

Thank you Rick.
Thats been my opinion for years now.   You got your priorities right! (or at
least identical to mine)
John Carr
EdgeTech

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