Re: Look-ahead function

Mark,

In a message dated 98-04-01 00:08:53 EST, you write:

> >Hi Mark!  We haven't removed lookahead function - it's still there,
>  >waiting to be used.  But the chances of it being enhanced to work
>  >with externally described files are slim.
>  
>   Please?  Pretty please?  I was disappointed (even in RPG III) that it
>  doesn't support externally described files.
>  
>   Along the same lines, I wish limits files would support externally
>  described files.  I know, OPNQRYF replaces it, but it's not the same.
<<snip>>

All right, all right, nothing to see here, break it up.  Lookahead I can see
-- those of us that admit to using it (and "I ain't admittin' nothin', see,
copper!")  miss its functionality in certain instances.  But LIMITS???!!!
C'mon!  I converted some ABSOLUTELY JUNK CODE off of a S/36 (originated on a
S/3) that used LIMITS processing _YEARS_ ago, and JBA _STILL_ wanted you to
know it as of 4 years ago.  Why?  There are _FAR_ preferable alternatives to
LIMITS available today, and you might actually run across someone in your shop
that can _UNDERSTAND_ what the code's doing ;-)!

Tongue Planted Firmly in Cheek ;)!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up." -- Tom
Lehrer
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