RE: *INZSR - I still love you!!!

Doesn't APL have a "latent procedure"?  

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> On Behalf Of Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:54 PM
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> Subject: RE: *INZSR - I still love you!!!
> 
> <Cozzi>
> Having said that, if I could walking in someone else's shoes for a moment
> and suppose I was using another language (primarily) and not familiar with
> RPG, then yes, *INZSR would present an interesting learning curve to me.
> </Cozzi>
> 
> RPG isn't the only language that has initialize type functions that only
> execute the first time they are called.  When I was programming Java
> Servlets awhile ago I used a init method to create a pool of iSeries
> connections.  I only wanted that to execute when the Java class was first
> loaded by Tomcat and the init methods were my ticket.  I am sure there are
> many other languages out there with the same thing.  Constructors (in any
> language) would also be a comparable to *INZSR. . .
> 
> To put it short *INZSR adds functionality to RPG.  If you need it you can
> use it, but make just make sure you understand how it works and you will
be
> set (like Cozzi said).
> 
> Maybe *INZSR is the poor mans constructor ;-)
> 
> Aaron Bartell
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bob cozzi
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:39 PM
> To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
> Subject: RE: *INZSR - I still love you!!!
> 
> 
> Tony,
> I'd have to both agree and disagree with this one.
> I think the use of the *INZSR was very viable in RPGIII and is still
viable
> today with RPG IV.
> I've never bought into the notion that just because you can't see the code
> in front of you, the feature shouldn't be used. This is the kind of excuse
I
> hear all the time when I ask people why they avoid /COPY like the plague.
> Having said that, if I could walking in someone else's shoes for a moment
> and suppose I was using another language (primarily) and not familiar with
> RPG, then yes, *INZSR would present an interesting learning curve to me. I
> would probably spend hours (days?) trying to figure out what the heck was
> going on.... But then I'd learn *INZSR and its function and I'd be set for
> the rest of my career.
> 
> 
> Bob Cozzi
> Cozzi Consulting
> www.rpgiv.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:16 PM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: *INZSR - I still love you!!!
> 
> IMHO, if there are tasks that need to be done at the beginning of the task
> at hand, I simply code them at the beginning of the C-specs.  Perhaps this
> is because I don't rely on the eternal repeating of the entirety of the
> C-specs.
> 
> I could see the enhanced 'neatness' of moving these 'initialization' items
> to a subroutine, but beyond that, *INZSR simply adds to the 'mystique' of
> the program, by not having to EXSR that initialization subroutine.  At a
> glance, it forces you to first look towards the bottom of the code, or
> search for the *INZSR text to see the program flow.
> 
> Just my opinion.  Take it or leave it.
> 
> Tony Carolla
> MedAmerica Billing Services, Inc.
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