RE: RPG IV release levels and complexity

The only possible benefit is if you write RPG books for a living and you 
are tired of them being obsolete by the time they get the bindings 
applied.


Just a small dig.  :-)  They aren't really obsolete.  They should just 
mention as to what release they are current on, and the developer should 
know to look at the manuals for the "What has changed for this release" 
section.

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




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 >> Bob said "I guess I just don't understand the rational for this line 
of
thinking."

Bob - you've completely confused me.  I was following _your_ logic!

Microsoft support out of date releases.  I merely suggested that asking 
IBM
to do the same was the best option.

MS don't stop releasing new versions every couple of years just because
users don't upgrade their OS!

_If_ IBM allowed the RPG team to PTF the service programs needed to 
support
old releases, everything else would be moot.  Why is that so hard to
understand?  If they can PTF to back releases then it doesn't matter what
release schedule they follow - you can use the compiler level you want and
target any release that the run-time supports.

Even if I buy into your proposal to only have one compiler release per
version - you _still_ need to get Rochester to agree to PTF to
out-of-service releases or by the time you get to VnR3 your code still 
won't
work on VnR1.

I just don't see what possible benefit there is to anyone to only have one
compiler release every 4 - 5 years.  Seems to me if you _really_ want to
convince the world that RPG is dead that that would be an excellent way to
go.  No upgrades for three + years - that for sure would place you in
Gartner's "dead" category.

Jon Paris
Partner400
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