Re: RPG Cycle

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxx>]

Rob Berendt wrote:
 
> You're a sadist for starting this holy war.

ROTFL!  Well put. <g>
 
> The cycle has it's pros and cons.  Either you hate it or you like it.
> It can make report programming really fast to code, once you grasp
> the cycle.  There is a lot that RPG buried in it's origins that can
> be made of use.

If used for it's intended purpose (level breaks, matching records, etc.)
and one understands it, it is an _incredible_ time saver, both in
writing the report program and maintaining it.

> And, as others have noted, any junior programmer
> nowadays is supposed to understand OO and a multitude of other concepts,
> how can they be too stupid to grasp the cycle?

Good point.
 
> My summary:  It has it's place in report programming.  It should not
> be used in display programming.

Agreed.

-- 
-Jeff
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