RE: Data Structure Issue

["Jerry Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx>]

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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-----Original Message-----
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