RE: [Re: RPGILE V4.3 Gotcha]

[Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to say that I agree with Hans. 

What do you mean you shouldn't have to read the manual. They are there
to be used, there's nothing embarrassing about refering to the manual,
and I can't understand why some people think there is. 
If I hadn't picked up the CL manual all those years ago, I'd probably
still be an operator today.

How do you learn new tachniques, without reading up on areas that you
are not currently using.?

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>From: boldt@ca.ibm.com [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 1:42 PM
>To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: [Re: RPGILE V4.3 Gotcha]
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>Jim wrote:
>>No, I have not read the area on math, because the only math I am
>>doing on this machine is 2 significant decimal digits in length,
>>at the most 3.  We are dealing with dollars and cents here.  The
>>point is, I shouldn't HAVE to read the manual.
>
>Oh dear oh dear oh dear!
>
>I hope this doesn't sound rude, but how can any programmer use any
>programming language without being intimately familiar with the
>corresponding documentation?
>
>Sure, we could have come up with better rules for decimal precision.
>But please don't criticize the existing rules while admitting you
>don't even understand them.
>
>Cheers!  Hans
>
>Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
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