RE: Date compare Best Practices

Here's a cartoon someone showed us awhile ago.  Does it define your
situation? 
 
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From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 02/27/04 09:06:04
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Date compare Best Practices
 
If your shop moved to RPG IV the increase in productivity would
help them catch up on their backlog and respond to new requests
in a more timely manner.  In my opinion, the excuse to move
forward because you are too busy is a poor one.
 
Scott Mildenberger
 
--- simafrog <SimaFrog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In the case where I am, the shop using the cycle, O specs for
> output, etc... IMO they are swamped with work, and cannot
> afford the investment of time that it would take. Most of the
> employees have been there since early 90's. This is what they
> know. If they have to quickly put out a fire, they want to be
> able to understand the program immediatly. BTW, they do have
> standards. One extra snippet of code that I wrote was rejected
> (double IF's). Reports must look exactly a certain way.
> It makes sense when you see the pressure that they are under.
> That is the explanation for my current place. My first decent
> job in 18 months so I won't even go there in terms of why they
> won't change, because I am happy.