Re: Is it always possible to write a COBOL program using only 1 sentence per paragraph?

From: "Howard Brazee" <howard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:52:43 GMT

On 13-Jul-2005, "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There have been paranoid knee jerks from people who loftily believe that
> ONLY a human could write 'proper' COBOL...

I'm close to this. The reason for structured code is to make it easier for the
human debugger. Putting in a bunch of switches to make a program "structured"
does not do this.

> The task you are undertaking is a very interesting and worthwhile one.

Interesting and fun yes. Worthwhile to his employer? I'm not sold on this.

> Re-factoring code from existing systems, whether it be COBOL or any other
> language is a valuable exercise.

Exercises like this can make him a better programmer, which in the long term can
be useful to his employer. Exercising makes us stronger.
.

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