RE: Cycle Processing vs. Doing it my way

["Andrew Borts" <Andrewb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Is it not true that if one knows RPG or have little bit of programming
on
>the AS/400 they can pick up the detail of a cycle code IF one is
descriptive
>within the code itself. i.e. lines of text describing the logic at
different
>lines.  This doesn't have to be a novel.

Those are called comments, right?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@Partner400.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:23 PM
Subject: Cycle Processing vs. Doing it my way


> >> IMHO, there is nothing inherently evil about using level breaks or
> matching record to produce reports.  RPG, after all, -is- Report
Program
> Generator.
>
> To me the main problem with the cycle etc. is simple.  I want my
programs
to
> be understood by the maximum number of people possible.  Many schools,
> books, etc. don't even teach the cycle these days.  Many RPG
programmers
> don't understand it since they were either never taught it or learnt
RPG
> after using other languages (COBOL, Basic, whatever) and were already
> familiar with coding their own "cycle".
>
> The minute I use the cycle I have automatically eliminate a large
group of
> programmers from being able to simply grasp the intent and mechanics
of my
> program.  End of story.  There are other reasons, but this is the
biggie
in
> my book.
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400

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