Re: system p announcement

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just a different style than what I use - neither Neanderthalic or
Jetsonic. I used to teach RPG at a community college. The other RPG
instructor was in the Peace Corps way back when, and was stationed in
Africa. He used to teach RPG to the folks there...on paper - he didn't
have a computer. He would assign a problem, they would write the code
on paper, and he would 'compile' it and tell them what their output
would be.

On Nov 8, 2007 7:46 AM, Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah.  Kinda Neanderthalic, huh?
>
> It's kinda funny, too, that, when I was writing programs for the S/3, I
> usually wrote them in what we called pseudo-code first.  Then took that
> to RPG II fixed-format.  So, for me, free-format RPG is, historically, a
> step backwards! .-)
>
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> Michael Ryan wrote:
> > You write them on paper before keying them in to the editor?
> >
> > On Nov 8, 2007 7:33 AM, Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Now, Walden, it appears that you jumped to the conclusion that I don't
> > > use WDSc.  Actually I do (though I still use SEU for CL's and OCL (!).
> > > I just keep forgetting about the auto-complete feature.  I think the
> > > problem (or whatever) is that I'm still one of those people that
> > > actually write their programs before typing them, even if they are short
> > > and sweet.  I worked with a guy several years ago that could (and did)
> > > key programs directly from his brain to his fingers to SEU.  They almost
> > > always worked; I ain't that good.
> > >
> > >
> > >         * Jerry C. Adams
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> > >
> > >
> > > Walden H. Leverich wrote:
> > >
> > > > > But I get real cranky if typing those object names when keying a
> > > > program
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > causes me to miss my morning coffee. Just don't see it as a
> > > > disadvantage;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > been dealing with it for way too many years.
> > > > That's because your IDE (SEU <G>) doesn't support auto-complete. When
> > > > you're coding in an ide that supports autocomplete typing long names
> > > > usually only takes 3 to 6 keystrokes anyway, and it's a hell of a lot
> > > > more readable.
> > > >
> > > > -Walden
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