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  3. October 2006

Re: Quick question: File exception on update

Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Monitor;
update file;
On-Error 1024;
 // do nothing ignore error
EndMon;
Why does IBM insist on calling something RPG when it is clearly not? If they had any sense, they'd have called "RPG-FREE" something else just to avoid RPG's reputation as an obscure and old-fashioned language.
Thanks, and I don't mean to be snappish, but I was looking for NATIVE, IDIOMATIC RPG. Preferably using either an error indicator or an (E) extender. 

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JHHL

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