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  • Subject: Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?
  • From: "John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 16:57:18 -0700

Hi Jim,

> You consider having to put a semi colon at the end of every line a
limitation?

Sorry, haven't I been clear on that?  ;-)

> Now, only being able to use 6 character variable names in RPG II was a
limitation.

That's not the issue.

> You will be able to, in the same program, have RPG II style commands along
side the
> new C style commands.
>
> C    MyVar   COMP    0              99
>
> C/freeform
>            If *IN99;
>                Message = 'MyVar is Zero!';
>                SendMessage(Message);
>            EndIf
> C/EndFree
>
> C          GOTO      EndTag
>
> Heck, where is the limitations in that???  I just used old style RPG, new
style
> free format RPG and even a GOTO statement in the same program and it would
compile
> and run!  Sounds pretty limitless to me!

My Lord Jim, I do hope that this example is not something that you would
advocate.

With respect to the semicolon, my point has consistently been, and still
remains; it is a superfluous addition to the language  (that it was never
required is evidenced by it's omission in the original design), that
provides no appreciable benefit to an RPG programmer, and therefore should
be considered a pointless limitation.

Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

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