RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM" (higher math side track)

RPGIV has a back door to higher math functions, two in fact.  Check out the
ILE math APIs and the C function library.  It's probably not as rich a
selection as you can get in FORTRAN, but with relatively little effort you
can bind them into your programs.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bipes [mailto:ChrisB@cross-check.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 8:26 AM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
> 
> 
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> I would like to see more %biffs for higher 
> level math
> functions that can be found in FORTRAN.  (Perhaps they are 
> now available.  
> 
> Christopher K. Bipes          mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cozzi [mailto:cozzi@rpgiv.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 8:18 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Cc: one List
> Subject: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
> 
> 
> Geeze!
> 
> How about we ask Rochester to add database I/O support to CL? 
> Would that
> make all the CF-spec "nuts" happy? I mean come on! Even John Carr (who
> originally suggested "CF") doesn't think it is a necessary feature.
> 
> IBM Toronto has indicated that "most" people want the 
> "CF-spec". However, I
> wonder if it is "most" people, or just the majority of the people that
> answered their question. After all, if you DON'T want it or 
> DON'T care about
> it, why bother telling Toronto? I mean, "most" people that answer the
> question are going to want the CF spec.
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I'm prefer natural expression syntax than the
> limitations that traditional RPGII style code provides. But I 
> just don't see
> how supporting:
> 
> RPGIII
> RPG IV
>  and
> RPG IV with CF-spec
> 
> is going to encourage IT Managers to supporting moving to RPG IV.
> 
> So I ask you, if you do NOT care if the CF-spec every sees 
> the light of day,
> or DON'T want the CF-spec, to voice your opinion now.
> I feel we need an architecture for RPG. We need many poorly designed
> features corrected, we need consistent designs and several 
> new features
> before we effectively turn RPG IV into CL II.
> 
> Let me know what you think.
> 
> 
> Bob Cozzi
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