RE: "Webulating" RPG

[Bob Crothers <bcrothers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terry,

I think what Booth was saying was something along the lines of 
"If you want to be as productive as possible, use Code/400".

Yes you can be productive using SEU, but you can be MUCH MORE 
productive using Code/400.

And there will always be a need for having SEU for the cases you 
point out.  Just like I actually used EDLIN a year or so ago! 
 And the only thing worse than EDLIN is vi.

Though Booth and I disagree on other subjects, this is one we 
are in total agreement on.  Using a full featured GUI source 
editor will make you wonder how you tolerated SEU for so long.

But you must give it a chance.  It will take some getting used 
to.  After all, you have probably been using SEU for a very long 
time (I've used it since it was U1540 on the Sys/3 model 15D). 
 And you are very familiar with it.  Give it a week or two at 
least.  And learn the keyboard shortcuts.

The thing I don't understand is why don't they teach typing at 
the computer schools?  I've never heard of typing 101 being a 
requirement at any level: High School, Vocational Technical, 
Community College,  or University.  It is not high speed word 
processor typing we need as must of the typing we do is what I 
call "burst mode".  20 or 40 keystrokes (for RPG, 50 or 100 for 
C/C++ and 1,000 for Cobol <g>...ducking) think a bit, then 
another burst.

Regards,
Bob Crothers
Cornerstone Communications


-----Original Message-----
From:   Terry Herrin [SMTP:therrin@isaac.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, February 25, 1998 7:42 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: "Webulating" RPG

Jon Paris wrote:
>These are just a few of the features, so why on earth would I 
want to use SEU?

Jon,

Those are some really cool features, and I'm sure as the heck 
not
going to claim that SEU is as robust as Code/400.   At the same 
time,
I will say that if someone *requires* Code/400 to be a 
productive
AS/400 programmer then something is wrong somewhere.  Booth's 
message
to me seemed to imply that, so I went into defensive mode.  He's
apologized, so as far as I'm concerned it never happened.  I do 
have
one question though.  What do you do when you have to make an
emergency change to QSTRUP from a dumb terminal in the computer 
room,
because QCMN isn't up yet?  <grin>

Terry Herrin
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
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