RE: [Re: RPGILE V4.3 Gotcha]

[Alan Campin <Alan.Campin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hans wrote:

>> I hope this doesn't sound rude, but how can any programmer use any
>> programming language without being intimately familiar with the
>> corresponding documentation?

Unfortunately, that is my exact experience. The first thing I do when I have
a problem or start working on something I haven't dealt with is pull the
documentation and see what is says but over and over again through the years
I have dealt with programmers who absolutely will not read the manuals.
Drives me crazy. 

-----Original Message-----
From: boldt@ca.ibm.com [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 6:42 AM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: [Re: RPGILE V4.3 Gotcha]




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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