RE: Cases in AS400

["Jack Derham" <derhamj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure that you intended to mention that although it generates what us
"old birds" consider miserable code, it did generate it consistently and
that was a great help when you did have to go in and clean up.

In my mind's eye, it has faded from use because the paradigm was too
difficult a transition and it did not save any labor.

Jack Derham
Direct Systems, Inc.

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Subject: Re: Cases in AS400

 
Yes, Rob.   I totally agree--sorry  for misunderstanding your overall point.

 
If folks are spending significant amounts of time looking at generated
code, 
then I contend they are not using the CASE tool well.  The corollary  is
that 
it does not matter what the generated code looks like.
 
A subsequent post by Reeve makes this point better than I did...   Nearly
all 
"bugs" are logic bugs that should be found by examining the  Action Diagram.

 There is a place for using the generated code for  running the debugger,
but 
it should be a last resort.  If the problem is  not understanding why a 
variable is set a particular way, then the programmer is  probably stuck on
the 
learning curve of parameter contexts.  
 
By the way, as you probably know, in 2e you can specify what level of  
comments you want generated.   I find it easy to read the code when I  have
to--I 
just don't care how pretty it looks.
 
Regards,
--Chapin Kaynor
  Vermont
 
In a message dated 4/29/2005 9:45:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

message:  4
date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:17:45 -0500
from: rob@xxxxxxxxx
subject:  Re: Cases in AS400

No doubt, CASE generated code does make you  dizzy.  However I too 
suggested that you not look at the CASE  generated code.  That you stay in 
the action diagram.  At one  time I thought of changing the application 
sets to only generate the  source code into QTEMP, and compile the objects 
only into the more  permanent library.

Are we on the same track?

Rob Berendt
--  
Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock  108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN  46755
http://www.dekko.com



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