Re: An odd thing

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth

At 05:55 PM 12/30/97 -0500, you wrote:
>on 12/30/97at 12:34 AM,  our friend PaulMmn <PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com> said:
>
>
>>I -did- find that, after writing in RPG for quite a while, the logic in
>>my COBOL programs seemed to resemble the RPG Cycle.   (:
>
>>--Paul E Musselman
>
>Paul, I am curious:  At that time it must have seemed like a "good
>thing"(tm).  But, now in hindsight do you still feel it was a good thing?
>
>I ask because so often it seems like people make fun of using the RPG
>cycle, and when they do it makes me feel just a little bit older again. 

Older maybe, but definitely wiser! IMO, there's nothing easier to write
than reports using the RPG cycle with appropiate level breaks, etc. I think
we're facing here the 'newest is best' syndrome. As for me, I just want to
use the best tool for the job at hand.

Unfortunately, many 'newer' programmers don't know how to use the cycle.

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480


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