RE: Why we don't use procedures more (was MOVE opcode in freeform / strangebehavior w/%editc)

Buck,

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>I've just had a real block on the ile stuff.

You are NOT NOT NOT alone there!  By far, the easiest way I found to learn
ILE stuff (binding, etc.) was to write code in other languages, especially
C.  Not that I'm even fluent in C, but I learnt just enough to comprehend
why they do some of that stuff.

>>I'm not gonna learn C.  I don't have the desire, and nobody's going
>>to pay me to code in C so there is no _real_ incentive.

A book that helped my RPG tremendously was Steve McConnell's "Code
Complete."  You can get it anywhere computer books are sold, major
bookstores, Amazon, etc.

>>I bought that book 6 or 8 years ago, but without any OO knowlege,
>>I just couldn't get into it.  it's not the most riveting reading you
know.

Activation groups are NOT hard to deal with, but they are different from
what most everybody is used to.  All the recent questions demonstrate is
that a few more folks are taking that step.  Our midrange vocabulary hasn't
really prepared us for the ILE words, and it's compounded by some really
silly names.  Don't get caught up in the minutiae!  Get the concepts and
then the vocabulary will make sense.

I will be more than happy to start a thread on how AG concepts work if you
want.  I will get gentle suggestions on the nuances (for which I'm
grateful!) but I 'get' the general idea.  Stick with it - it's worth it!

>>I'm bound and determined to figure this stuff out...  I know I have to.
It's why I jumped into this thread in the first place.  and any help I get
I'll surely apreciate.  If you want to start a thread, I would like to
discuss specifically how a web-CGI ILE environment would be set up.

thanks,

Rick