I'm with you on the CAPS issue. I do find the code in caps easier to read. Perhaps I'm just used to it from the first 20 years of my career spent writing COBOL. I think the layout of the code and choice of variable and paragraph names has more to do with readability that whether it is upper or lower case.
My own convention is CAPS FOR KEYWORDS AND VARIABLES, MixedCase for paragraph names, and lower case for comment lines. I find that plus using AccuTerm's WED editor with syntax highlighting, makes for very readable code. I was skeptical about the syntax highlighting at first...thought it was frivolous. Now I feel cramped when using an editor that does not have it. I hate line editors...always have, even though I have used them in the past, notably MS-DOS's EDLIN and one that was part of the Honeywell Level-62 IPS software. But I have never used them with MV, as I was introduced to Pick/D3 and SB+ at the same time and have always used SE until I got AccuTerm. I don't even like vi, as I am so used to modeless editors. Seems to me that a fondness for line editors is just a teeny bit masochistic. =========================================================== Norman Morgan <> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> http://www.brake.com =========================================================== Last 2 words of the national anthem - PLAY BALL! =========================================================== > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Dianne Ackerman > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:27 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Error in report generation. > > I must be backwards because I actually find the second one > easier to read and cleaner. And faster to type! Of course, > I guess I'm one of the "old-timers", having been in > multi-value for 25 years now. > -Dianne > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Mark > > > >I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO RESPOND THERE! > >SO YOU PREFER CODE THAT SHOUTS BACK AT YOU? > >THERE ARE GOOD REASONS WHY THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS > SWITCHED TO MIXED > >CASE CODING - IT IS GENUINELY QUICKER TO SCAN AND READ. FORTUNATELY > >I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH MULTIVALUE FOR TWENTY YEARS SO I WAS > ABLE TO DITCH > >UPPER CASE AS SOON AS UNIVERSE CAME ALONG. PROVING WHAT YOU SAID IN > >YOUR EMAIL ABOUT NOT FOLLOWING 'BUT THAT'S HOW I WAS TAUGHT' :) > > > >I'm not being frivolous (or personal - you obviously *read* > these emails!) here. > > > >Whether we like it or not, perception is important. Whilst > we are trying to position/encourage UniVerse, UniData et al > as modern and up to date systems with a strong history, it > makes sense to write in ways that match the expectations of > new developers who are brought up with current conventions: > that includes mixed case coding, legible styles and formats > that can be genuinely expressive - like not using field > numbers for example (a REAL bugbear of mine). Not using ED > helps, of course. > > > >Before anyone jumps in - no I don't advocate rewriting > existing code in this way. But quickly scan the following two > sections and see which one reads faster. If you've been > brought up around Delphi, Java, C#, VB, ASP or any of the > 'modern' languages I'm willing to bet the first will be > considerably quicker. > > > >Loop > > ReadNext Id From MYLIST Else > > Fin = @True > > End > >Until Fin Do > > ReadU CustomerRec From CUSTOMERS, Id Then > > GoSub ProcessRecord > > End > >Repeat > > > >LOOP > > READNEXT ID FROM MYLIST ELSE > > FIN = @TRUE > > END > >UNTIL FIN DO > > READU CUSTOMERREC FROM CUSTOMERS, ID THEN > > GOSUB PROCESS.RECORD > > END > >REPEAT > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
