Re: Problem with 4GL vn 4.13
Posted in 1996
In article <4li42q$ib3@soap.news.pipex.net>, Systems Team <fa87@dial.pipex.com> wrote: >Oh, PS: >Why did Informix change the REPORT structure in 4GL vn 4.15 so that my >team and I have to waste a ridiculous amount of time removing/replacing >RETURN and PROMPT statements? Because most people don't prefer risking random behavior and core dumps. RETURN should never have been allowed in the first place -- you can get all sorts of random corruption if you RETURN out of a report and continue with the main program, especially if you run the report later. >Backward compatibility - don't you just love it? Tell me about it. \\-: -- (c) 1996 Alan Denney aland@informix.com Amount former Congressman Dan Rostenkowski of Chicago was fined for his mail-fraud convictions: $100,000 Amount he will continue to draw from a Congressional pension even while in prison: $100,000 per year.