Learning free-format?

Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:21:40 -0500 
From: "Angela Wawrzaszek" <awawrzaszek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

>I am "old school" I guess.   I use RPG400  but a new programmer we
>have hired learned in rpg free.    She is fresh out of a training class
>so is very new to the programming world but likes to use the free code.
>I am an RPGIV  and RPG400  syntax.  So when she has questions it is hard
>for me because the syntax it all different.  I am wondering if I should
>bite the bullet and start learning the free code.   But when we went
>from RPGIV to RPG400 there were a lot of advantages and uses to want to
>convert.   Is there any advantages to going to the free code besides not
>being restricted to columns?

Oh boy, is THIS a can of worms <g>

Bite the bullet.  I've been teaching a new hire at my client free-format.  She
was a little puzzled the first day or two (she's done nothing but RPG/400), but
she's picking it up.

It's another way of thinking about how to write code, and how to structure your
programs.  It's another tool.  It's good for a lot of things, but not
everything.  So, I'd say dig in, get some knowledge, and you'll figure out how
and where and when to use this new stuff.

And don't forget to ask your co-worker if you can borrow her training materials
for a day or two.  :-)

Good luck!

-doc

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