Put Users On the Fast Track

Hey, Ted:

We are a very user-oriented shop, that is, users do virtually everything on their own. Since the days when we ran a System/34, users have been menu oriented, but they also understood the command line.

-- Chris

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Properly Sorting Numeric Arrays

Hey, Ted:

In a program, data could be stored in arrays related to each other. Arrays could be filled from different files, but they could have the same index.

-- A Devoted Reader

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Reader Feedback and Insights: Binder Language

Great article, Ted! It was a very clever presentation, and I enjoyed reading it. I do have one comment and one question, though. I don't always create binder source when I first create a service program. When I've later added another procedure, I create the service source with a *CURRENT signature and a *PRV signature that defines the original situation and that seems to prevent any problems with needing recompiles.

Here's my question: Someone once told me that when I created new procedures, or at least when I create the binder source, that new procedures must be added below the existing procedures for the *CURRENT group, or older programs would crash. Is this true?  I see that you put the third procedure in front of the original one.

-- John