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Date:	Sun, 4 Aug 2002 23:49:38 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Your REXX script ...

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In <1028549177-0-Info@SYNass.NET>, on 08/04/02
at 10:06 PM, "Info2SYNass.NET" said:

>As already said: I am not a REXX expert and my programming
>experience are back to early 70-ies ...

Well, that's about when I started too. :-)

>My environment variable method is not clumsy ...

Sorry, poor choice of words on my part.

>... Harry's script, with all my drives added to it, displayed over 1 1/2
>screen pages ;-(

Sometimes, it's better to trade off size for ease of understanding and
maintenance. If I chose to, I could reimplement Harry's code with the
same features and functionality, but with a lot less code. However, this
would make extensive use of loops and stem variables and others might find
it harder to modify for their own use. Harry's code has the advantage
that folks, like you, with less familiarity with REXX, can successfully
change it without breaking it.

>The script shall handle small and capital letter the same and "1", for
>me,
>has no meaning to drive C:

But it might for others.

>I agree.
>If necessary I just change the PARMS to my newest needs ;-)

Or in my case, change the control variables at the top of the script. :-)

>I can bring ideas and input for Working Methods or Organization but
>programming has never been my power ;-(

>However, this discussion of Backup and this REXX solution with you, SCOUG
>members, has brought me a lot of new ideas, impressions:
>Thank you, guys ! It's very interesting to discuss with you ;-))

Exactly. It rare that there's only one best way to implement a task.
What we are seeing here is the normal pulll that competing requirements
has on any project.

Steven

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