On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < [email protected]> wrote:
> In > <of1dbe6dec.23eaa84d-on85257c83.0046f9a1-85257c83.0047a...@us.ibm.com>, > on 02/18/2014 > at 08:02 AM, Peter Relson <[email protected]> said: > > >So it's probably less about optimizing existing code (unless it's in > >a loop) than about understanding what is best for your new code, > >when the development and test costs of the choices are basically > >the same. > > Generally what's best is what's most maintainable and most readable. > Around here, that would likely translate into (1) convert it to COBOL or (2) rewrite it to run on Windows, using .NET . Both of those are more readable and maintainable __in this shop__. Yes, I'm joking a bit. Kind of. -- Wasn't there something about a PASCAL programmer knowing the value of everything and the Wirth of nothing? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
