RE: Prompting of CL commands

CL is not being developed nor enhanced.  It is a very good but very dead-end
product.  

My own feeling is that if your design&architecture relies upon
implementation with CL you may wish to begin a re-plan for your
design&architecture.   While there is nothing wrong with CL and the many
solutions it offers we've learned from experience that legacy code takes a
long long time to shift from one paradigm to another.

Therefore, whenever I see a product giving the first signs of it's
end-of-life, I start thinking about other choices.  A 15-year cycle only
seems like a long time during the first 13 years.  :)
 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: CODE/400 Discussion & Support
Date: Friday, March 28, 2003 14:40:18
To: code400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Prompting of CL commands
 
Booth,

Why would you say such a thing???

How are you manipulating library lists, file member selections, and the
like? Are there APIs to do that out of RPG or COBOL? I use CL and SQL
through QMQRY all the time to update files.

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Jim