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. :-)
I started IT in 1969 on a IBM 1401 in an environment with
7070, some 360-xx systems with international relations.
>>My environment variable method is not clumsy ...
>
>Sorry, poor choice of words on my part.
Frankly said but no problem for me ;-)
>>... 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.
I am not going Harry's work !
It is his project and I either accept it or leave it !!
If there is a possibility to perform a better solution the better
;-))
>>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.
OK, accepted !
>>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 believe our intentions are quite same but our expressions
are different. You say "control variables" I say "PARM/S or
parameters"
and the result is possibly same -))
>>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.
True !
Thanks for your intersting comments, Steven.
Regards, svobi
************************************************************
*** >>> Say NO to HTML in Mail and News <<< ***
*** ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ***
*** >>> AGAINST TERROR +++ AGAINST WAR <<< ***
************************************************************
=====================================================
To unsubscribe from this list, send an email message
to "steward@scoug.com". In the body of the message,
put the command "unsubscribe scoug-help".
For problems, contact the list owner at
"rollin@scoug.com".
=====================================================
>> Next Message >>
Return to [ 05 |
August |
2002 ]
The Southern California OS/2 User Group
P.O. Box 26904
Santa Ana, CA 92799-6904, USA
Copyright 2001 the Southern California OS/2 User Group. ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED.
SCOUG, Warp Expo West, and Warpfest are trademarks of the Southern California OS/2 User Group.
OS/2, Workplace Shell, and IBM are registered trademarks of International
Business Machines Corporation.
All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.
