Re: CL pgm and pointer variables

Joel,

>I don't disagree with you that pointers are useful and sometimes necessary.
>I think in a lot of the transaction processing and inquiry stuff that many
>of us write, they aren't nearly as useful as they are at a lower level.

I use a lot of triggers in my transaction processing, and find pointers
invaluable.  So it is not only "system level" processing which benefit by
judicious use of them.

Like most things, they can be abused and are not the right tool for every task.
Used in the right context (with user spaces another prime example), they
*increase* readability, IMHO.

The bottom line is I'm glad they got added to the language, even from a business
transaction standpoint.

Doug