Re: newbie question on cobol syntax

Pete Dashwood wrote:
"LX-i" <lxi0007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:_N6dnZOqIvKHN7PbnZ2dnUVZ_vWtnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

But, it wasn't my conversation, so I stayed out... :) Today, I was coding away at my new Java job, and found myself creating a setter method...

public void setDescription(final String psDescription) {
move psDescription to msDescription
}

I got to the "c" in "msDescription" and realized what I was doing! Oops...


Wait 'til you start writing (in COBOL...)

wsvalue = ws-number.ToString(); :-)

It took me about two weeks of intensive coding in C# before I stopped making the kind of error you describe...

So far, it hadn't happened. Of course, I'm just starting to get into the meat of it. Between Java and C#, though, I'd have to say I prefer C#'s syntax, especially when it comes to properties.

Our system uses Apache, Struts, and Velocity, along with Java and Oracle. I like the way it's laid out, but there are a lot of different pieces in different places. I'm beginning to understand MVC, but it seems that C# is a little more straightforward in that as well.

These days it doesn't happen... :-)

So there's hope for me yet - cool! (Of course, this will probably be my last "hands in the code" assignment, especially if I make E-7. That'll put me into management at that point.)


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