RE: Chalk one up for "The Cycle"

I agree .... had to learn the cycle on my own when I was thrust onto an RPGII
conversion project. When I learned RPGIII, instructor spent maybe 15
minutes explaining the cycle. She said "Its rarely used today.". Luckily
some of my co-workers worship the cycle and I can rely on them for
assistance... For me, being an old COBOL coder, RPG IV free-format has
been a godsend!




----- Original Message -----
From: "Raby, Steve" <agnictsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:47:55 +0200
Subject: RE: Chalk one up for "The Cycle"

But today,
RPG has advanced so far, it really makes you wonder if teaching the cycle is
a necessity. Yes, you can accomplish things with a bit less code, but
nowadays, what are we really eliminating?



Hands up anyone who works on legacy programs!!! Having, not so long ago,
worked at a company where about 40% of the system was written in RPGII
knowing the cycle was useful. The current job I have most of the programs
were written about 15 years or more ago and have barely been touched
since.

I do not think it hurts to know a little historical stuff about what you
use today, we cannot all be lucky enough to work at a place where every
program was written in the last 6 months.


Steve


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