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Of course, too, remember that the target audience for VARPG is RPG programmers, not UNIX gurus or c++ programmers. So, making it like UNIX or c++ is not a goal for VARPG. If someone wants to use UNIX or c++, by all means, do so. No reason not to. But please don't obfuscate how I make a living in the process.
You may like the idea that RPG is beginning to look like every other language, but many RPG programmers don't see the big advantage of mucking up what has worked well for a very long time.
Larry Ducie wrote:
Hi Rob,
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IMHO, if we are going to get into the habit of using file descriptors then we need to use them "properly". By that I mean we need to follow the already well-trodden Win32/unix/linux route. To implement it as some unholy F-spec b*stard-child was a big mistake. (again, IMHO). VARPG should have natively implemented support for open(), close(), etc.. without any F-spec nonsence.
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I like the way RPG is becoming less like the estranged relative, and is coming into the fold. I like that I can read a nice bit of C code and think "that would work really well, if not better, in RPG". I just couldn't do that if RPG constantly insisted on doing it's own thing.Just my thoughts. Larry Ducie
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