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Aye, I do have 100% control over my code. And, yes, if it was an familiar program by an unfamiliar programmer, I would do a lot more extra checking. But... this in no way excuses us to write sloppy programs! If all the other programmers jumped off the Brooklyn bridge... Regards, Jim Langston Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni! Peter Dow wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > You apparently have the luxury of maintaining code that you have 100% > control over. > > Imagine for a moment walking into a shop for the first time and being asked > to determine whether a particular indicator is being used in a 20,000 line > program. Are you going to scan for it? If you did, would you be 100% > confident of the results? > > I'd trust the compiler listing<g>. > > Regards, > Peter Dow > Dow Software Services, Inc. > 909 425-0194 voice > 909 425-0196 fax +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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