RE: No Subroutines (was Re: Debugging many subprocedures)

I'll agree with those statements but "IBM seems to understand that
some people take longer than others to adopt new techniques." some people 
also REFUSE to adopt new techniques.

Ron Power
Programmer
Information Services
City Of St. John's, NL
P.O. Box 908
St. John's, NL
A1C 5M2
709-576-8132
rpower@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.stjohns.ca/
___________________________________________________________________________
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm. - 
Sir Winston Churchill




"Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent by: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
2005/07/27 04:07 PM
Please respond to
RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


To
"RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc

Subject
RE: No Subroutines (was Re: Debugging many subprocedures)






One of the things that IBM has always done, and which I admire, is that 
they
allow the users to move at the user's pace.  IBM seems to understand that
some people take longer than others to adopt new techniques.  In this
instance you see an example of a huge movement for the shop Michael.  At
least now everyone is beginning to use the same code.  That is a huge
improvement.   There's no rush.  Pretty soon someone will "discover" 
service
programs and the'll probably be upset with you for not mentioning them
sooner.



I was talking with a friend last night about code we work on.  He is 
working
on stuff from 1998 and he feels it is old.  Heck, I have socks older than
that.

 

---------------------------------

Booth Martin

http://www.martinvt.com

---------------------------------

-------Original Message-------

 

From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries

Date: 07/27/05 13:30:40

To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries

Subject: RE: No Subroutines (was Re: Debugging many subprocedures)

 

> absolutely have to? Try to create a library of reusable code with

> subroutines. What a mess.

 

I tried pushing the use of subprocedures/service programs here so all our

programs didn't have different versions of the same code.  Instead, we are

now /COPYing in subroutines.  <sigh>

 

Will try again soon. :)

 

 

Mike

--

This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list

To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx

To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,

visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l

or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives

at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.

 

 

.