RE: /Free -- LEAVE IT

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe's horse died? Perhaps if he had fed the beast FREEly it would still be
alive?  Perhaps someone MOVEd the oats?  or possibly the bit bucket needs to
be Extended?
 
 
 
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Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:54:23 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: /Free -- LEAVE IT
 
Joe,
 
It appears that even when someone asks you to change the subject, you find
a way to turn it into a "holy war" about free format.
 
I mean, COME ON. The horse is dead, already!
 
 
>
> Which comments were you reading, Doc? I never said /free was a toy. In
> fact, there are benefits to /free that would be great to use if it
> didn't cost me syntax checking and the MOVE operation.
>
> My big gripe with /free is that some reductions in features got tacked
> onto it, kind of like sticking a congressional pay hike rider onto an
> ethics bill. It's unnecessary and counterproductive.