RE: Difference bet. Primary and Full procedural file.

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Yes Ron, you should retire.  Especially since you will not learn anything
that they did not teach in school.  This industry moves too fast to not
learn different techniques.

Rob Berendt
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin



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So Doug and Jeff, Anyone that has learned RPG programming after 1995 isn't
a
competent programmer since they didn't teach the cycle in school when I
went.  I guess I should retire then.

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Crosby [mailto:jlcrosby@DILGARDFOODS.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:37 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Difference bet. Primary and Full procedural file.


Douglas Handy wrote:

> Any "competent RPG programmer" *will* immediately understand a cycle
program, or
> he/she is not "competent" IMHO.
>
> Used correctly, the cycle is *very* easy to understand and maintain.  A
program
> using multiple level breaks should be *immediately* grasped by the
maintenance
> coder.   You can see at a literal glance exactly what is happening, and
rest
> assured it acts exactly as designed.

<major snip of rest of post>

I think Doug has posted the definitive message regarding the use of the
cycle.  I think this message should be archived somewhere and _anytime_
the cycle comes up and is disparaged, this message should be thrown at
the poster.

Well done Doug.

--
Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily
the opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.

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