RE: FW: Random

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with Nathan.  I don't think the original poster would be saying that
if they were to implement it correctly.  

I have found, especially with CGI programming, that without subprocedures,
it would really stink.

Sure, you have to do a little more planning.

Brad


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Andelin [mailto:nandelin@sinclairoil.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 2:05 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: FW: Random
> 
> 
> Martin,
> 
> RPG cluttered up with specialized tricks?  You think calling external
> procedures is specialized?  Tricky?  No, man!  External 
> procedures make
> programs a lot easier to read and understand.  Its modular!  
> That's the
> beauty of ILE.  You can interface with procedures written in 
> any other ILE
> language, without being an expert in that language.
> 
> Nathan Andelin
> Sinclair Oil Corp.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin, Booth [mailto:BoothM@goddard.edu]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 12:23 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: FW: Random
> 
> 
> Let me scream, holler, rant and rave yet again....  
> 
> You guys may think it is progress to be sticking all this 
> stuff into RPG,
> and probably it is.  But a few years from now when RPG is 
> cluttered up with
> all sorts of specialized little tricks, where will the programmers to
> maintain it be found? What qualified C programmer is going to 
> be doing RPG
> maintenance work?
> 
> Jon thinks 10000.01 is a pain in the butt... wait til this 
> stuff starts
> hitting the update fan.
> 
> Sorry.  I'll be quiet now. No need to call the authorities.
> 
> 
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