Re: RPG IV Certification -- MIDRANGE-L

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Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

ok you win...i'll go back to using GOTO and TAG, level indicators,matching records, primary reads, secondary files , I specs, etc, etc...

not!

one of my major pet peeves stems from the cycle (unfortunately people STILL use it) that's the *INZSR....

the cycle is the best way for people to make spaghetti code than anything else related to programming.

Poppycock. Whether cycle or non-cycle programming, it is the programmer that makes spaghetti code. I've seen more than my share of that in Cobol programs, which doesn't have a cycle, as well as RPG III and IV programs that don't have a primary file defined.
Level indicators and matching records make an RPG programmers job a whole lot easier in many cases - and have nothing to do with whether the program itself is structured or not.
Somebody get the tar. I've got the feathers, boys!

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