RE: read on a do loop

I agree.  If they were 'flame wars' it would be a different story, but 
they are extremely good arguments that stick mostly to the facts.  If it 
were not for the free-format vs fixed-format arguments, I'd have never 
started coding in free-format....

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May I weigh in on the other side of this? 



As a programmer that still has a great deal to learn I would say for 
myself
that these debates are good learning experiences.   These debates tend to
become overly technical and overly detailed.   That is very useful for me 
to
learn.  Currently  the discussions on free form are especially 
interesting.



Without the discussions, and the errors, and the grace with which errors 
are
corrected, this list would become dry and difficult for me to swallow. 
Sort
of like peanut butter without the jelly and milk, if you know what I mean.



Even the dou - dow wars are learning experiences for me.  :)



So if it were up to me I would say "Play on!"

 

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Booth Martin

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From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries

Date: 08/22/05 11:54:35

To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries

Subject: RE: read on a do loop

 

> Most of the things I've seen come through this list lately are

> preferential debates, not really helpful!

 

If by "lately" you mean, "over the past 5 years" then I agree with you.

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