Re: RPG Cycle (was Reinventing Code)

[Glenn Gundermann <ggundermann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I find the opposite to be true.  I would be "absolutely flabbergasted" if 
anyone wasted 1 microsecond on the topic of the rpg cycle.  This knowledge is 
detrimental to the profession.

boothm@ibm.net wrote:

> RANT(*AGHAST)
>
> Can this be true?  I am sitting here absolutely flabbergasted that anyone 
>would teach RPG and not require a thourough grounding in the cycle.
>
> RANT(*LARGE)
>
> The concept is so simple, and the results so predictable that any one that 
>ignores the cycle is ignoring one of RPG's greatest strengths.  Additionally, 
>there is so much cycle code out there right now, how can an instructor not 
>teach the cycle?  How can a programmer claim to be an RPG programmer and not 
>understand the cycle?
>
> RANT(*LARGER)
>
> Are these people that started with a C course in college and feel they are 
>the last great cowboy and its up to them to  preserve the Code of the West by 
>rolling their own?
>
> RANT(*OFF)
>
> In <415593AAC1B1D111B21100600856D2080E2902@TECHNOCRATS01>, on 04/06/99
>    at 10:16 AM, Colin Williams <Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk> said:
>
> >Remember, many RPG programmers have not used the logic cycle much, if at
> >all. So why introduce code that going to take someone a week to
> >understand
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> boothm@ibm.net
> Booth Martin

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