Thank you, Jim. I did not intend to unilaterally declare that thread dead, but
only if there were no objections (i.e. everyone was sick of it already). It had
far out-lived its subject line.
Rick's and Phil's anecdotes showing the necessity of proper code commentary are
valuable object lessons. I have many examples of code that demonstrate that I
was once much more clever than I am now. And inscrutably so.
The problem with Rexx code is that it is, in general, so transparently clear
that one rarely encounters more than the most desultory commentary. For this
reason, clean logic, descriptive variable and routine names, and explicit
argument passing become far more important. That (and the presence of "Signal
ON NOVALUE" at the top) are my primary indicia of a good Rexx programmer.
-Chip-
On 7/12/08 22:57 Jim Bohnsack said:
I thought that Chip Davis's last post to "REXX coding question" and
where he declared that topic closed was so much on the mark, that I
saved it and was going to append a reply but, he said the topic was
closed. I think that what he said was right on the mark.
Chip Davis wrote:
With that, and there being no objection, I declare this thread closed.
