RE: "Webulating" RPG

[Scott Johnson <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use CODE/400 daily.  If I need to do a quick change, I will use SEU.

To go out on a limb, you could say CODE/400 is like a word processor
(WordPro or Word)  and SEU is like Edit in DOS or even NotePad.   Now imagine
the secretaries in your company using NotePad to do their letters and such. 
They can get the job done.  Those same secretaries with a word processor
are more productive.    The company for which I work did some investigating
and decided that by getting CODE/400 they would be saving half a programmer.
Don't ask me how they achieved this figure (it was done right before I started).

And I know a lot of consultants and such say that SEU is on every AS/400
and that CODE/400 is not.  But if you would put CODE/400 on a laptop and 
take that with you on site, you would have CODE/400. 
Then you could show off to the MIS people there how much more productive
you are.  Which would result in more sales of CODE/400. 
Which would result in IBM improving the product even more!

Check out the web site for more info like features and what will be in the
new version coming out on Feb 27.
        http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/varpg/
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Scott P. Johnson
Programmer/Analyst
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer
Highsmith Inc.
W5527 Hwy 106, PO BOX 800
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0800
TEL:  920-563-9571                FAX:  920-563-7395
sjohnson@highsmith.com
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From:   Terry Herrin[SMTP:therrin@isaac.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, February 25, 1998 6:41 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: "Webulating" RPG

Jon Paris wrote:
>These are just a few of the features, so why on earth would I want to use SEU?

Jon,

Those are some really cool features, and I'm sure as the heck not
going to claim that SEU is as robust as Code/400.   At the same time,
I will say that if someone *requires* Code/400 to be a productive
AS/400 programmer then something is wrong somewhere.  Booth's message
to me seemed to imply that, so I went into defensive mode.  He's
apologized, so as far as I'm concerned it never happened.  I do have
one question though.  What do you do when you have to make an
emergency change to QSTRUP from a dumb terminal in the computer room,
because QCMN isn't up yet?  <grin>

Terry Herrin
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
New Hanover Regional Medical Center

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