Post #204,599
4/24/05 8:27:33 PM
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I'm thinking about that and...
am thinking, "Think of everything that you don't tend to use in Perl because my problems don't break down that way."
I'm sure there is a problem space where it is great. But I don't work in that space.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #204,606
4/24/05 9:02:33 PM
4/24/05 9:04:18 PM
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I don't know Perl
But if the features Barry named were descriptive, he's probably described the cycle better than I could have (combined wth the IBM link/flowchart).
For the bulk of my work on the '400, the cycle has been a major blessing. RPG itself has some big drawbacks, though. 99% of what you are manipulating are DB (or screen) files. Consider it in that context...
Indicator conditioning can make a program unreadable, for example. Especially when multiple indicators are used on a single line of code. String handling is a total PITA.
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Edited by imric
April 24, 2005, 09:04:18 PM EDT
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Post #204,643
4/25/05 12:25:28 AM
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Don't even bother
You really can't describe indicator processing without
showing someone the form you fill out.
I haven't seen indicators in about 20 years, and
I'm still traumatized.
When I was learning COBOL in the 6 month tech school, I
taught myself RPG II at the same time. Every problem they
gave me in COBOL, I did in RPG as well. 1/10th the code.
But it really wasn't code. Was more of a fill in the table.
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Post #204,668
4/25/05 7:06:39 AM
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Whoa, that takes me back.
I haven't seen that form in many years.. More important was the template.
Some tasks (like, say, generating reports) are trivial to do in RPG - but, while everything is/was postional, writing RPG code is hardly just filling out a form... As for Cobol, BLEAH. Comparing verbosity? Heehee.
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #204,731
4/25/05 11:16:20 AM
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But, COBOL programs can be read by management! :)
Or so they promissed.
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #204,736
4/25/05 11:38:21 AM
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Cobol DOES give that illusion...
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #204,826
4/26/05 5:47:22 AM
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Oh, sure they can, that's no illusion.
Just remember that "reading" is not the same as "comprehending". (For one thing, they're spelled way differently.)
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #204,828
4/26/05 6:47:09 AM
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heheh.
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #205,320
4/30/05 12:11:17 PM
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Yeah, the same way I can read Hebrew :)
I can sound the words, if they are simple.
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Post #205,495
5/2/05 7:04:55 AM
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*chuckle*
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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