Re: Development Standards

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

More attitude than age, though no one there is young. Another initiative will hopefully be a move to RDi. 

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> On Dec 11, 2016, at 8:06 AM, Keith McCully <keithmccully@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I see that the shop is using a mix of RDI & PDM. Does that correlate with
> age of developers or is it more to do with attitude?
>
> Not that should affect coding standards though.
>
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> > On 11 Dec 2016 12:25, "Joni V." <joni_vanderheijden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > As a young one, the problem I have with cycle programs is not that I don't
> > understand them or can't use them.
> >
> > - They lead to monolithic programs
> >
> > - Are harder to read
> >
> > - More difficult to maintain
> >
> > - Blocks the use of newer features
> >
> > - The style of a cycle program is significantly different from linear
> > programs.
> >
> >
> > So taking the arguments above into account, our more experienced / older
> > technical experts agreed to disallow them in our coding standards.
> >
> > I have seen one new cycle program in the last four years, it was a
> > one-shot program for a migration of the database where almost all records
> > from a file had to be updated. I have to admit it was very performant.
> >
> > Joni
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> > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 12:46
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> > Subject: Re: Development Standards
> >
> > > On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Raul A Jager W <raul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > If we, old ones, where able to learn it, the young should be able to.  It
> > > is a tool specially designed to generate reports, probably the best in
> > the
> > > industry, why not use it?  The fact that other languages don't have it,
> > is
> > > a dis advantage that we do not need to copy.
> >
> >
> > Agree 100%.  Take the "don't use the cycle" to it's logical conclusion and
> > you're saying "Don't use feature X because it's not available in every
> > language out there."
> >
> > And no, the cycle is not the answer to every programming issue.
> >
> >
> >
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