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Rob -- Coupla points: RPG/free did NOT require a PC; there was (is) an AS/400 (and System/36) version. No PC necessary. Just FYI. My point is NOT to resurrect RPG/free The Precompiler; I would, rather, point to RPG/free as an EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT implementation of free-format RPG. NOT just C-specs, but the ENTIRE LANGUAGE. And if *I* found it easy to learn and use ... then ANY person with at least a room-temperature IQ can use it. I'm an idiot, believe me (and the chior chimes in with a resounding "AMEN!"). Start with the RPG/free syntax and move onward and upward. Peace, -- Don Schenck www.SchenckTech.com -----Original Message----- From: Rob Berendt [mailto:rob@dekko.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 2:57 PM To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com Subject: Re: X-Spec (was: "RPG isn't cool") At first I was aghast that you were comptemplating dropping certain RPG op codes like DOWxx and IFxx. But then I realized that you were planning on leaving the IF and the DOW codes, just using the format found in ILE versus previous levels of RPG. Free format this way would be okay. It would be nice to have more room to do the eval operations. I format my CL using ideas gleaned from News/400, (and place thumbtacks on chairs of those who 'prompt' it and screw it up). You bring up some valid concerns with the MOVEs and the arithmetic operations. The ADD was nice for the implied factor 1 is the result field but I pretty much use the eval statement now. Biggest problem I had with the old rpg/free is that the code development was done on the PC and it didn't have the locks on it like SEU. Also what if the developer has it on their PC for days and you need to make a change? And for a quick change would I have to download it to a PC? What about IBM's release upgrades - how fast would enhancements be implemented? Yadda, yadda, yadda. That version of RPG/free is dead in my book. Anyone who preaches about it is preaching only to the choir since no one would go that way with the new CF spec. Or if they just had to tie up their time by going GUI they could use CODE/400. Let's move on and push the new ILE RPG. +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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