RE: Need for separate Input and Output Areas in Display File

[Winchester Terry <terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Well, I think ILE/RPG has some pretty neat stuff that COBOL
does rather poorly.  Too bad the best features of both
languages couldn't be merged together :)

Even though Cobol is "wordy", when written properly, even
a "layman" (non-programmer) can read it and make some sense
of the logic.  I believe this was one of the original
specifications in the early design of the language.

Terry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:23 AM
> To: cobol400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Need for separate Input and Output Areas in Display File
>
>
> > From: Winchester Terry
> >
> > Joe,
> >
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> >
> > The above case is where you run into overlapping structures
> > due to the "redefines" statement inserted by the compiler.
> > This can cause horrific problems and is best avoided if at
> > all possible.
>
> <ROFL>
>
> My COBOL newbie-ness is showing!  But as you can see from my
> last post, I did at least notice that my code was different.
> As Leif says, COBOL is much more flexible than RPG, but with
> that flexibility lies more responsibility.
>
> I have to say this - for an RPG guy, COBOL is wordy and there
> is a lot of typing.  But it sure does allow for some pretty
> powerful programming techniques.
>
> Joe
>