RE: Data Structure Issue

All very good ideas and I have used all of them (sort of, granny's been dead for >40 years). I remember once having an issue so I brought in my boss and, since he didn't know what the program was supposed to do, I had to go through the printout explaining what each section did. At one point I muttered, "Never mind; I see it." What?! It was 3-5 lines past what we were on, but typically I was looking ahead. But these days I'm working from home (alone), and it's a one-man shop.

And I have solved more than one problem by just going outside and sip some JD while smoking a cigar. Once solved a design for a function that most people, including me, said was next to impossible. A month of looking at it did no good; the JD did the trick.

Jerry C. Adams
You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going because you might not get there. - Yogi Berra
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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg via RPG400-L
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 6:12 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Vern Hamberg
Subject: Re: Data Structure Issue

I always find it helpful to know someone who can be a "blank wall" to
throw ideas at - I kind of believe the answer is rolling around in the
empty spaces of my skull and just need to get some air from outside -
not solutions, just oxygen!

Regards
Vern

On 6/23/2022 2:01 AM, Åke Olsson wrote:

I knew a programmer who took program listings to his old grandmother when
something really weird had to be sorted out. As he explained to her (who was
totally deaf btw) why it should work the solution to the problem almost
always presented itself. Granny was happy for the visit...

date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:34:56 +0000
from: Roger Harman <roger.harman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Data Structure Issue
When I was working, I had a co-worker who would always be my "rubber

ducky" and I hers. Served >>us well.

https://rubberduckdebugging.com/
Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power