RE: RPG Cycle (was Reinventing Code)

In many of the examples that I have seen, a logic cycle program can
start off fairly simple, and relatively easy to understand. 

Over the years, with lots of mods, enhancements, error fixes, etc., The
code becomes ineviably more complex and harder to understand. 

I remember one program.....arrays for subfiles + logic cycle + and
indicators on the left. 

I only had to make a small change to it, which should have been easy. 

Two weeks later..... 

I thought it was just me, until another guy had to make some changes to
it, and confirmed to me that this bad boy was a nightmare. I think they
had to re-write this one in the end, it was so bad. 

-----Original Message-----
From: boothm@ibm.net [mailto:boothm@ibm.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 3:00 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: RPG Cycle (was Reinventing Code)


RANT(*AGHAST)

Can this be true?  I am sitting here absolutely flabbergasted that
anyone would teach RPG and not require a thourough grounding in the
cycle.  

RANT(*LARGE)

The concept is so simple, and the results so predictable that any one
that ignores the cycle is ignoring one of RPG's greatest strengths.
Additionally, there is so much cycle code out there right now, how can
an instructor not teach the cycle?  How can a programmer claim to be an
RPG programmer and not understand the cycle?  

RANT(*LARGER)

Are these people that started with a C course in college and feel they
are the last great cowboy and its up to them to  preserve the Code of
the West by rolling their own?  

RANT(*OFF)



In <415593AAC1B1D111B21100600856D2080E2902@TECHNOCRATS01>, on 04/06/99 
   at 10:16 AM, Colin Williams <Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk> said:


>Remember, many RPG programmers have not used the logic cycle much, if
at
>all. So why introduce code that going to take someone a week to
>understand 

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