On 16 Apr 2008 07:16:33 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Leahy) wrote: >> Every once in a while, we have time to waste - pulling up debugger >> tools is as good of a way to fill that time as any. >> ><soapbox> >If a debugging tool is seen as a "waste of time" it is usually because >the installation hasn't put enough effort into tailoring it for local >use.
Too often on mainframe environments, tool use needs to be mandated before sufficient people will learn it, and adjust it and the environment to each other. This is a big reason why other programmers think of us as dinosaurs. (But dinosaurs were very, very successful - it is unlikely that humans (Java) will last nearly as long). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html