RPG Cycle (was Multi-Occurring DS)

Lim Hock-Chai wrote:

As far as RPG cycle, may be, I've made too much assumption regarding it.
In my IT shop, 99.9% of programs are NON RPG cycle programs (Primary
file...). Most programmers here do not use traditional RPG cycle
programming. Under this condition, I just do not believe it is a good
to introduce cycle programming simply because it is the best tool for a
particular task. Non RPG cycle can be just as effective.

And I still fail to see why people avoid (nay, prohibit) the use of the cycle. Except for the myriad of old RPG II code that I have to maintain (no RPG III), I *may* have written three or four (obviously) cycle-dependent programs in the last five years.
The cycle, though, is part of the language just like BIFs, for example. Some, like %found( ), I use very frequently. Others I may never have used at all, but I know how to read the bloody manual (that section I actually printed for quick reference and review).
Personally, I'm too old and too darn lazy to re-invent things like matching records and level control breaks (especially when doing both at the same time).


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