Re: Multi- Occurrence Data Structure

[James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Yet we have no problem accepting the implicit "Cycle" that's a
> fundamental aspect of SQL set-at-time processing. We _expect_ developers
> to understand it. I'm not clear on when/why one language is acceptable
> for "Cycle" encouragement and another must be considered to be 
> 'obscuring' or confusing.

Well said!

And to the individual who pointed out that RPG originated as a language 
for non-programmers, very true: by all accounts, the peculiar syntax was 
designed to be intuitive to the mailroom kid who'd taught himself how to 
set up a plugboard-programmable unit record machine.

If Grandpa's spokeshave is sitting at the bottom of your toolbox, don't 
throw it out. Hang onto it, and learn what it's good for. It may be old, 
but you never know when it might come in handy. And new spokeshaves 
probably aren't cheap.