Re: RPG Cycle (was Reinventing Code)

[therrin@xxxxxxxxx (Terry Herrin)]

Glenn Gundermann <ggundermann@rachisholm.com> wrote:
>I find the opposite to be true.  I would be "absolutely
>flabbergasted" if anyone wasted 1 microsecond on 
>the topic of the rpg cycle.  This knowledge is 
>detrimental to the profession.

Wasted?  Well, let's put it this way.  If a programmer came into our
shop and had never "wasted" any time learning the cycle, that person
would be in big trouble the minute they hit the legacy code we have to
support.  Like the cycle or not, use it or not in your own programs
from scratch, you had *better* know it if you want to work here,
because the FACT is that many programs use it, and no, we're not going
to go and rewrite all of them just because someone is too laz-, er, I
mean, too "modern" to learn something as simple as the cycle.
I agree with an earlier post.  Anyone who doesn't know the cycle
should not call themselves an RPG programmer.  In my opinion, that
would be as bad as someone claiming to be a C programmer without
understanding pointers.

Terry Herrin
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---