TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: os2rexx
to: Sarah Nunez
from: Peter Knapper
date: 2002-11-23 09:52:34
subject: Learning REXX

Hi Sarah,

 SN> Kludges and spaghetti code 
 SN> were anathema, and I was taught to comment the heck out 
 SN> of everything (not fun when you're punching IBM cards--
 SN> I'd rather clean toilets for a living than punch IBM 
 SN> cards again!).

I haven't heard mention of punched cars in a LONG time, and its been even
longer for Punched Paper Tape! Dare I say this may date the both of us
slightly.....;-)

 SN> I guess for starters, what's the difference between OOP 
 SN> and modular programming? (We can take this to OS2PROG 
 SN> if you'd rather. . .)

No, I think thats a great way to start with Davids "project", its
always easier to understand something new if it can be compared to the
currently understood methodologies.

Cheers.............pk.


--- Maximus/2 3.01
* Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10)
SEEN-BY: 10/3 345 20/11 105/360 106/1 2 3 1234 2000 123/500 124/5025 128/187
SEEN-BY: 130/803 132/152 140/1 143/2 150/220 154/15 167/133 201/505 226/600
SEEN-BY: 229/1000 2000 3000 249/116 267/200 280/5003 333/0 379/1 103 1200
SEEN-BY: 396/45 397/1 633/267 270 712/848 2404/201 2624/306 3634/12 3800/1
@PATH: 772/1 140/1 106/2000 1 379/1

SOURCE: echomail via fidonet.ozzmosis.com

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.