Reply-To: erik.wachtmeester@bighole.iaf.nl
Ron Tuynman wrote in a message to Erik Wachtmeester:
 EW> I agree on that one, but I simply love the speed and flexibility of
 EW> code blocks in Clipper, and I tend to use them whenever possible. If
 EW> you're not using code blocks, you're not using Clipper to the full...
 EW> ;-)
 RT>  ...That's right. The need for speed to me is only circumstantial.
I didn't only mean execution speed, but also (and more important to me)
development speed. Using codeblocks it's a lot easier to write reuseable
functions (the flexibility part I mentioned).
And since codeblocks can be created and evaluated at runtime, it's also a 
great
tool for user defined reports, mailmerge selections, etc. I've just written a
universal 'query by example' mailmerge in less than 800 lines of code 
(including
lots of comments and empty lines). I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be possible
without codeblocks...
 EW> If you know the string to compare with must start with 'ADDRESS', it's
 EW> just natural to me to use '=' instead of '$'.
 RT>  ...I don't like the syntax. A legacy from my dBase time where
 RT>             Var = Value
 RT>  was a legal syntax...
:-) understandable, but not really a valid argument any more.
Regards,
Erik 
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