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  3. January 2009

RE: Niftiest thing(s) you have done in RPG ILE or /FREE

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David FOXWELL
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:19 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: RE: Niftiest thing(s) you have done in RPG ILE or /FREE

Hi Aaron,

My first thought was WAOOUWW! I must do that.

But then I realised that anyone else in our shop reading that would not
understand.


Whenever I'm concerned that a programmer won't understand what I'm
doing, I add a comment explaining what the code is doing. Or, I'll
bring up the technique in a group meeting and explain the benefit of
using it. What you're essentially doing is lowering the bar of
expectations. With proper commenting and mnemonic naming, any code
should be understood.

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