500 lines of code ENTER PROGRAMB It's magic. No one uses it anymore.
-----Original Message----- From: Charlie Noah <cwn...@comcast.net> To: U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 1:01 pm Subject: Re: [U2] Passing by Value Hi Mecki, I remember those 32K limits. I found a way to cheat a bit, though. I ould split a source program into pieces and INCLUDE the subsequent ieces into the first. As long as the "object" didn't exceed 32K, it orked. Ah, those were the days! :-) Regards, harlie Noah On 01-26-2012 2:54 PM, Mecki Foerthmann wrote: No, you are completely wrong if you think that is only your world. Who in our game has the luxury working only with their own code? I have been doing what you describe for over 25 years now and probably most of the contributors here do the same thing for a living too and not just since yesterday. And I may have made that silly mistake once or twice as a junior but since then it has become second nature. And in those days we didn't have the luxury of 8000 line programs because the limit for any item was 32K and you were forced to use very short variable names and couldn't even indent your code because spaces are characters too. In one shop I worked we used X, Y, Z etc. in 'primary' code and in internal subroutines XX, YY, ZZ and so on for loop counters. I personally prefer more meaningful names but can't do that always because I try to follow the naming conventions of the code I'm working on. Even the editor you use is irrelevant since I haven't seen one yet that doesn't have a search function. Just go to the top of the program and search for the variable name you intend to use. If your search comes up negative you're safe to use it. Simple! And OTOH how can you make 'rapid changes' to code if you don't understand what it is supposed to do and where the varibles come from? On 26/01/2012 20:16, Wjhonson wrote: > Completely wrong :) > You apparently have the luxury of only working on programs written by > yourself. > > In my world, we are called upon to make rapid changes in programs > written by twenty programmers over twenty years. > You haven't specified *how* you ensure that your counters are unique, > and by the way, the issue is not just counters, but any variable. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mecki Foerthmann<mec...@gmx.net> > To: u2-users<u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 12:13 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] Passing by Value > > > What has the length of the program to do with it? > always abide to the rule that a for next counter in any internal > ubroutine has to be unique. > hat way even if the sub is called from within a for next loop the > ounters never conflict. > o it doesn't make any difference whatsoever if a program is 80 or 8000 > ines long. > BTW a program with 8000 lines is usually a sign of poor design. > On 26/01/2012 19:02, Wjhonson wrote: > You've never worked on programs that are 8000 lines long I take it :) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hester<jhes...@momtex.com> > To: U2 Users List<u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 10:49 am > Subject: Re: [U2] Passing by Value > > > I like to use increasing roman numerals: > FOR I = 1 TO COUNTER > GOSUB PROCESS > EXT I > PROCESS: > OR II = 1 TO COUNTER2 > FOR III = 1 TO COUNTER3 > FOR IV = 1 TO COUNTER4 > > NEXT IV > NEXT III > EXT II > ETURN > -----Original Message----- > rom: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wjhonson > ent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:09 AM > o: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > ubject: Re: [U2] Passing by Value > > n a related note, any clever ideas to localize a variable to a local > ubroutine? > For I = 1 to 10 > GOSUB PROCESS > ext I > top > 3000 Lines of code later.... > PROCESS: > OR I = 1 TO 20 > RINT I > EXT I > ETURN > ______________________________________________ > 2-Users mailing list > 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ______________________________________________ > 2-Users mailing list > 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ______________________________________________ > 2-Users mailing list > 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ______________________________________________ 2-Users mailing list 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
