Re: subroutines are bug factories was: Classic Traps -- I need your input!

Steve

One of the best features of the language (and all IBM languages in general),
is that there are very, very, few backwards-incompatible features in the
language. So, the next time you are railing againsr matching records, level
breaks, The Cycle, or subroutines, remember that IBM's philosophy for
writing compilers has saved countless programmers countlees hours of time
which would have been spent rewriting code (and no doubt introducing
unwanted bugs in the process).
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Francis Lapeyre <flapeyre@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Subprocedures have their place.

And so do subroutines. I have used both where they make sense. But to
suggest that all RPG programs everywhere have subprocedures instead of
subroutines is arbitrary and capricious thinking. Change merely for
change's
sake is never a good idea.

no other languages have them. they are a legacy artifact. In this the dawn
of the age of i5/OS on superfast, marketpriced Power systems I dont think
subroutines should be used. I agree it is not necessary to change existing
code.

-Steve
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