http://www.rpgandprogramming.com/2008/05/but-they-loved-her/ Not Role Playing Games, but the RPG programming language and the craft of programming. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:42:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.rpgandprogramming.com/2008/05/but-they-loved-her/#comment-651 Larry Holder Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:47:22 +0000 http://www.rpgandprogramming.com/?p=7#comment-651 Probably the bad programming was initially hidden by a small set of test data. Which is why whenever possible I test on a full production set, real or cloned to a test system. No reduction, no fudging. I remember once in BASIC having to rewrite to use a shell-mezner (sp?) sort, as the classic bubble sort would have taken forever to complete on the full set of production data. Probably the bad programming was initially hidden by a small set of test data. Which is why whenever possible I test on a full production set, real or cloned to a test system. No reduction, no fudging. I remember once in BASIC having to rewrite to use a shell-mezner (sp?) sort, as the classic bubble sort would have taken forever to complete on the full set of production data.

]]> http://www.rpgandprogramming.com/2008/05/but-they-loved-her/#comment-234 RPG and Programming » Blog Archive » “Subfiles in RPGIV” and Me Sat, 02 May 2009 22:21:45 +0000 http://www.rpgandprogramming.com/?p=7#comment-234 [...] than necessary? If you have read my blog from the start, you might remember when I told about a hissy fit  I had when I worked on a program where a previous programmer read a detail data file by CHAIN [...] [...] than necessary? If you have read my blog from the start, you might remember when I told about a hissy fit  I had when I worked on a program where a previous programmer read a detail data file by CHAIN [...]

]]> http://www.rpgandprogramming.com/2008/05/but-they-loved-her/#comment-15 Alan Hedblad Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:00:42 +0000 http://www.rpgandprogramming.com/?p=7#comment-15 Fine article. A great example of the importance of good programming. You have managed to make the science of programming interesting to a man who uses his PC as little more than a word processor! Fine article. A great example of the importance of good programming. You have managed to make the science of programming interesting to a man who uses his PC as little more than a word processor!

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