Re: DOW vs DOU- Ha

[Gary Feinstein <GFeinste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Mahadevan wrote:
> 
> Dean:
> 
> DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > In a message dated 97-06-02 06:29:11 EDT, you write:
> >
> > > >...You seem to have an aesthetic objection to multiple
> > >  >read statements, but in fact there's nothing wrong intrinsically with
> > them.
> > >
> > >  Well... it just seems like schlock coding that could be entirely avoided
> > by
> > >  simply using the RPG Cycle.   (ducking very, very quickly!)
> >
> > Ooooh, NICE dodge!  In truth, there aren't that many folks out there that
> > even KNOW the RPG cycle anymore.  I often use input/primary files for "quick
> > fix" programs, you WOULD NOT BELIEVE the number of questions I get about
> > where I'm reading the data :-)!
> 
> Next thing you know L1--L9 will get popular. :-)  And then people will
> discover M1--M9, H1--H9.
> 
> Fancy this IBM just introduced in V3R2 ILE RPG in their own words (the
> NOMAIN option!)
>    Code a module that does not make use of the RPG logic cycle.
> 
> --
I think you guys may want to consider starting a DOW vs. DOU mailing
list!!!
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