Re: Benefits of Sub-procedures

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth Martin wrote:
> What fascinates me even more is how many really bright people are getting
> this stuff wrong. Just as I suspected, this stuff is not as easy as y'all
> want us huddled masses to believe. 
>  

Booth: This ain't rocket science. Barbara was just being overly 
picky, IMO.

The basic idea of procedures is simple: Break down your task in easy 
to handle chunks. With smaller chunks of code, it is much easier to 
spot places where you can reuse code, and much easier to design your 
procedures so that they are more reusable.

As I said in an earlier note, the procedure (along with the function 
and the method) is perhaps the single most frequently used 
structuring technique in practically every other programming 
language. And perhaps the most important.

If you're used to the RPG III style of CALL/PARM and *ENTRY PLIST, 
you already understand most of the issues involved. The rest is just 
additional syntax, functionality, and flexibility, which can be 
easily learned.

Cheers! Hans