Hi Lawrence!
LG>SL> How many of you actually leave the full array/variable declaration
LG>SL> requirement on _ALL_ the time? Under what conditions might you turn
t
LG>SL> off? It seems to be a bit of a pain to keep all that stuff in line
or
LG>SL> what many of you will consider to be a trivial program.
LG>I normally don't do it, but I'm normally writing programs for myself.
LG>It has tremendous value, however, when debugging a function or when others
LG>have to maintain your code because it =forces= structured programming
LG>techniques.
Thanks for your reply on this one. I've begun to be pretty careful
about what I write, even if it is only for myself. I find it so much
easier to go back later if I need to. And you're right about the
discipline required. I like the fact that with PowerBASIC I have a
choice. I did some Pascal programming many years ago, and was annoyed
then by the fact that I couldn't really just throw something together in
a hurry if I needed to. But BASIC wasn't really as neat and tidy as I
wanted to be either. Now it is ... best of all options!
A.T.B!
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