Re: RPG Tips and Techniques

Well, this is exactly why I thought another list might be in order.  Sometimes
I learn a whole heck of a lot from "chit-chat".  I was able to reduce an 84
line program down to 72 lines, and it's coming down another 15 or so in the
very near future, all from information I got from "chit-chat".

Which is why I had suggested another list, for people who don't want chit-chat
but just want to ask and answer immediate problems that has a real immidiate
business issue to resolve.

Sometimes I know how to do something, I just want to know how to do it
better!

Regards,

Jim Langston

Ted Barry wrote:

> We should at least stay on the subject.  There's too much chit-chat on
> the list.  It should be brief and to the point, for example:
>
> I'm having trouble with my do loop.  Here's what I'm doing:
>
>    C                       DOU LOOPED
>    C                       DRNKBEER
>    C                       ENDDO
>
> Instead of comments to questions, there should be more examples of
> how to get from point A to B and back again.  Less of wastes of
> electrons for things like "Thanks Phil!" on a reply.  Can we all agree on
> this?
>
> >>> David Gibbs <david@midrange.com> 07/06/00 04:13pm >>>
> At 01:09 PM 07/06/2000, you wrote:
> >How about a new forum, RPG Tips and Techniques?  There are
> somethings I would
> >like to ask about programming in RPG to do things better, but I don't
> >really believe
> >people would like this forum filled up with what they may consider
> >non-essentials.
>
> That's what this list is all about.
>
> david
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