Re: RPG Cycle

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 There seems to be 3 different classes of thought on the RPG cycle.

1.  Use it whenever you can, it's great.
2.  It has it's uses, use it when it makes sense.
3.  Never use the RPG cycle, it's not good structured programming.

I fall under 2.  It has it's uses when it makes sense to use it.  But it
shouldn't be used for all programs, because in some it just doesn't make
sense.

The only reason I think it should be used is because that's what makes
RPG RPG.  RPG is starting to change and is beginning to look closer
and closer to a hybrid between RPG, Pascal and C.  Without the Cycle,
RPG no longer exists as a distinct language.  Might as well just use a
C compiler then.

I can write a program in 3 lines (an F spec and a C spec) to update a
database file using the cycle.  The same program without using the cycle
takes about 5 lines (F spec, DO While, Read, End Do, Seton LR).

Regards,

Jim Langston

Chris Beck wrote:

> What does everyone think of the RPG cycle, for todays programming?
>
> I got my programming degree in 98 and I never heard a word about a RPG cycle 
>in school.
> I now have gotten a new manager, who comes from a RPG II background and 
>thinks wonders of the cycle.
>
> Also if anyone has any or can point me to info on the cycle.
>
> Thanks for all your guys (and gals) input, I have learned more from this list 
>than all my RPG classes.
>
>
>
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