Re: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret)

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxx>]

Schenck, Don wrote:
> 
> COBOL, when WELL WRITTEN, is elegant and -- if I may say so, I'm such a nerd
> for saying this -- beautiful. The Laetitia Casta of Languages.
> 
> Done poorly, it's the Phyllis Diller of Languages.

That goes for *ANY* language.

The primary point is that if you SPELL IT OUT, it is going to be
clearer.

If you indent it, it is going to be clearer still.

If you document it, it is going to be crystal...

Until another programmer gets their hands on it.  ;-)


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 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator

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    It's the population that keeps growing!"
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