Re: DSPF Handling (was Re: Design shift of view)

Rob,

In a message dated 98-07-28 10:01:47 EDT, you write:

> Going off on a tangent here.
>  
>  I wonder how many people in this thread about having the display logic in 
> the main program versus using a display file reverse themselves by being 
> proponents of externally defined printer files versus 'O' specs.

I wasn't actually proposing that the spec's reside within the code, just that
it had worked well on another platform.  Joe's "binding" idea would certainly
be more relevant in _today's_ environment.  Personally, I feel that _ALL_
column-based DDS is a _LOUSY_ replacement for both I _AND_ O specs.  All IBM
has done is shift related components (programs) into unrelated areas (files),
and force users of non-columnar languages to deal with columns whether they
like it or not.  I would no more suggest a return to O specs than I would one
to I specs for DSPFs.  Besides, I _DESPISE_ specifying end positions when
every other language in the universe specifies _START_ positions!

Regards,

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

"The only place where success comes before work is in a dictionary." -- Vidal
Sassoon
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