RE: Re: CGI URL

In RPG you can do that too,

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An asterisk in Column 7 compiles (in RPG II anyway). :)

Bob

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> [mailto:web400-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Jim Langston
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:08 PM
> To: 'web400@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: [WEB400] Re: CGI URL
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> To be fair, Hans, lines of code shouldn't be a fair
> assessment, if it was we would all be using APL.  In APL we
> can write an entire program in one line.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans Boldt [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
>
> <SNIP>
>
> No, there are indeed quantitative means to compare the
> suitability of particular programming languages to particular
> tasks.  To illustrate, I can send you my 200 line Python
> program that does the same job as a published 400 line RPG
> CGI program.  (To keep the comparison fair, I kept the
> program structure the same and included the same comments.)
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