Re: RPG: Speed of SETLL/GT vs CHAIN -- RPG400-L

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In a message dated 5/17/2001 1:15:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
VIJI.SETHURAMAN@dfs.com writes:

I might have done the dumbest thing.

Made a bet saying CHAIN is faster that SETLL & a READE.
But, would the gurus out there please clarify if the actual time for a
SETLL is
faster than CHAIN.

There is a saying out there that a smart person learns from their mistake,
but a wise person learns from OTHER peoples mistakes. (grin)

I really don't see the point with the speed of todays processors. I tend to
shoot for clean code myself. I will use CHAIN only when retrieving a single
record and SETLL when the possibility exists for multiple records. When going
for a single record it seems more work than it's worth to do SETLL & READ
when CHAIN does both for you.

Here is a question:

Will all the nanoseconds of processing aquired from knowing the answer equate
to the time spent on the question? (things that make you go hmmm...)

(smirk)

Bill