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  • Subject: RE: /400 skills test(coding vs platform specific facts used in writing programs)
  • From: Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 09:32:55 -0700

I have a friend who developed a very good mailing list merge/purge software
package.  He has over 20 years experience, mostly in IBM midrange.  I doubt
if he remembers the last time he used SFLNXTCHG.  For that matter he doesn't
use a DO counter loop.  He uses do while and maintains the counter
explicitly.  He thinks the counter do loop is hard to read.  He also writes
elegant, concise, easy to maintain code that works.  If he were asked about
SFLNXTCHG he'd probably tell you what it is;  he'd also probably tell you in
great detail what he dislikes about it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schenck, Don [mailto:Don.Schenck@WL.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 6:44 AM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: /400 skills test
> 
> 
> So ... if I *DO* know the significance of SFLNXTCHG ... I'm gold.
> 
> But if I suck at ... say ... writing solid code ... that's okay.
> 
> I'd ask: Have you read "Code Complete? You have? Tell me a 
> bit about it".
> 
> Subfiles are a nit; good coding isn't.
> 
> (Oh boy ... my arrogance is showing again)
> 
> -- Don
> 
> 
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